pimple
An inflamed spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pusAn inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
» I can't get rid of my pimples.
Я не могу избавиться от прыщей.
Meaning
3 sensesAn inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
I had to pop that embarrassing pimple, it was huge and red and on the tip of my nose.
Pickel, Oas, Wimmerl
прыщpryšč, пры́щикprýščik, у́горьúgorʹ
прищpryšč, вуго́рvuhór
(derogatory, slang)An annoying person.
He's such a pimple! I wish he'd stop being so irritating!
негодя́йnegodjáj
(Cockney, slang)Scotch (whisky)
- a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
Examples
55 sentencesI can't get rid of my pimples.
ruЯ не могу избавиться от прыщей. — marafon
Tom has a pimple on his nose.
deTom hat einen Pickel auf der Nase. — Adelpa
Tom had a pimple on his nose.
I'm getting little pimples on my face. I wonder if I've been getting enough sleep lately.
Her face is covered with pimples.
ruЕё лицо покрыто прыщами. — Biga
deIhr Gesicht ist mit Pickeln übersät. — Ullalia
Translations
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Origin
Early Modern English pimple, pumple, from Middle English pymple, pympyl, of uncertain origEarly Modern English pimple, pumple, from Middle English pymple, pympyl, of uncertain origin but probably a nasalized variant of Old English *pipel, *pypel, from Old English piplian, pyplian (“to break out in pimples, show eruptions”), probably related to Latin papula (“pimple, pustule”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pap- (“pock mark, nipple”)). Akin to Old English pipliġende (“having shingles”).
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