Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A slight puncture made by or as if by a pin.
- n. An insignificant wound.
- n. A minor annoyance.
- v. To puncture with or as if with a pin.
Wiktionary
- n. An insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point.
- n. A mildly annoying wound or damage.
- v. transitive To produce a jabbing sensation like a pinprick.
WordNet 3.0
- n. small puncture (as if made by a pin)
- n. a minor annoyance
Etymologies
- From pin + prick. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“(I still feel like I'm nowhere close to being done, but the light at the end of the tunnel that used to be the size of a pinprick is now at least the size of a saucer.)”
“He made it clear that this would not be what many have termed a pinprick, but a sustained operation.”
“To those who fear for their survival at every turn, a pinprick is the same as a punch, is the same as a grenade, is the same as a cluster bomb, is the same as a nuclear holocaust.”
“A 0.005% financial speculation tax -- a "pinprick" for international banks -- would be an important stream of revenue for domestic and global development initiatives.”
“A proposed financial speculation tax -- a financial "pinprick" for international banks -- would be an important stream of revenue to fund domestic and global development initiatives as well as reduce the reckless financial speculation practices of international banks.”
“To make good that agreement, NATO has fundamentally altered the way in which such air strikes will be conducted, empowering military commanders to respond to a broad range of targets rather than the "pinprick" responses of the past.”
“While this may involve some pain, it is like a "pinprick" compared to the suffering involved when one does not diversify.”
Cramer's Mad Money - The Meaning of Life (12/8/10) - Seeking Alpha
“But the most discriminatory tests, as identified by a classification tree analysis, were generally familiar and not unexpected, such as pinprick for the detection of a sensory deficit or hyperalgesia”
“And in his keynote address to the party faithful, Mr Clegg will set out Lib Dem plans to scrap the £12. 5bn VAT cut, which he describes as a "pinprick", and invest the cash in green initiatives he claims will create thousands of jobs.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pinprick’.
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My Little Phonies
Names for the next generation of My Little Ponies. Inspired by Star's list.
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Wrongheads
Insults that make me laugh. Some of these are re-contextualized because they sound like insults to me.
wretched, dasdardly, sniveling, dingbat, rankle, vapid, ninny, nincompoop, dolt, imbecile, fucktard, scoundrel and 173 more...
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wachoomaycallit
Random words. Mostly coming from the book of I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Six's Legacy
bland, retch, taunt, seam, indecipherable, douse, scornful, cringing, cringe, incarcerate, dormant, sneer and 13 more...
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few, paucity, poco, parvovirus, paraffin, pauper, poor, poverty, depauperate, impoverish, foal, filly and 80 more...
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