prickle
To feel a prickleTo feel a prickle.
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» I have a prickling sensation in my left eye.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(intransitive)To feel a prickle.
испы́тывать/ощуща́ть покалывание/колотьёpokalyvanije
(transitive)To cause (someone) to feel a prickle; to prick.
prickeln
коло́тьkolótʹ, уколо́тьukolótʹ
cause a prickling sensation
Examples
5 sentencesI have a prickling sensation in my left eye.
Roses do not have thorns, but prickles.
They got a prickle on their arm.
He that sows the wind shall reap prickles.
Just the thought of it makes my skin prickle.
ruОт одной мысли об этом у меня мурашки по коже. — odexed
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English prykkyl, prykyl, from Old English pricel, pricels, pricle (“a prickle,From Middle English prykkyl, prykyl, from Old English pricel, pricels, pricle (“a prickle, sharp point, bit”), from a conflation of Proto-West Germanic *prikislī and *prikil (“prickle”). By surface analysis, prick + -le. Cognate with West Frisian prikel (“goad, prickle”), Dutch prikkel (“sting, prickle, stimulus”), German Low German Prekel (“wooden stick, poker”), Saterland Frisian prikkelje (“to propel, spur on, goad”). First attested in the Old English period.
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Forms
prickles, prickling, prickled, prickledSynonyms
1 synonyms- cause a stinging or tingling sensation:tingle
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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