Meaning

2 senses
  1. (colloquial)Something that gives a pricking sensation; a sharp object.

  2. (US)A person who favours formal, structured, organized settings.

Examples

32 sentences
  1. How are prickly pears eaten?

  2. There's no plant more prickly than a thistle.

    Немає рослини колючішої за будяк. — oromashka

    ruНет растения колючее чертополоха. — Wezel

  3. The issue is a prickly one.

  4. It's fig and prickly pear season.

  5. Emilien wants to eat fried prickly pears.

Origin

From prickle + -y.

From prickle + -y.

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Forms

plural: pricklies
Singularprickly
Pluralpricklies

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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