prickle
noun
a sharp point.
Example Sentences
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Maybe there’s another reason to feel the prickles on the back of your neck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Some hedgehogs arriving at the rescue centre felt like "little empty bags of prickles and very, very slim" due to dehydration, Thompson said.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026
Was it “Chimeras,” the electronic musician guessed by phone before a recent Berlin performance, selecting a 2006 piece where prickles of electric guitar scatter like a galaxy around a lulling beat?
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
Just beware of prickles if you have children or pets.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2022
The cool air prickles in my lungs on the way in, and on the way out unfurls in a cloud of vapor.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
