pinprick

noun, verb — 5 senses

pinprick

noun

Etymology From pin + prick.

1

An insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point.

2

A mildly annoying wound or damage.

3

A very tiny dot.

The stars were pinpricks of light in a clear night sky.

pinprick

verb

Etymology From pin + prick.

1

To produce a jabbing sensation, like a pinprick, in.

The water pinpricked her face as she stepped into the shower.

2

To puncture with a tiny hole or holes.

By now it was dark, velvety dark with a moon, a darkness pinpricked by the lights from the landing place now drawing rapidly closer.1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 144:
He had always had to repress the urge to pinprick her enthusiasms.2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 164:

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