Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pin-pricked

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables: pin-pricked
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having been pricked by a pin; having a pin stuck through.

Example Sentences

"[B]ut Gillespie was too tough or insensitive to feel the lethal waves sent out from his pin-pricked image."

Inflected Forms

more pin-pricked (comparative) most pin-pricked (superlative)

Questions

What does pin-pricked mean?: Having been pricked by a pin; having a pin stuck through.

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