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Meaning of "pinprick" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PINPRICK

pinprick  [ˈpɪnˌprɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PINPRICK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pinprick is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb pinprick in English.

WHAT DOES PINPRICK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pinprick in the English dictionary

The first definition of pinprick in the dictionary is a slight puncture made by or as if by a pin. Other definition of pinprick is a small irritation. Pinprick is also to puncture with or as if with a pin.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PINPRICK

PRESENT

Present
I pinprick
you pinprick
he/she/it pinpricks
we pinprick
you pinprick
they pinprick
Present continuous
I am pinpricking
you are pinpricking
he/she/it is pinpricking
we are pinpricking
you are pinpricking
they are pinpricking
Present perfect
I have pinpricked
you have pinpricked
he/she/it has pinpricked
we have pinpricked
you have pinpricked
they have pinpricked
Present perfect continuous
I have been pinpricking
you have been pinpricking
he/she/it has been pinpricking
we have been pinpricking
you have been pinpricking
they have been pinpricking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I pinpricked
you pinpricked
he/she/it pinpricked
we pinpricked
you pinpricked
they pinpricked
Past continuous
I was pinpricking
you were pinpricking
he/she/it was pinpricking
we were pinpricking
you were pinpricking
they were pinpricking
Past perfect
I had pinpricked
you had pinpricked
he/she/it had pinpricked
we had pinpricked
you had pinpricked
they had pinpricked
Past perfect continuous
I had been pinpricking
you had been pinpricking
he/she/it had been pinpricking
we had been pinpricking
you had been pinpricking
they had been pinpricking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will pinprick
you will pinprick
he/she/it will pinprick
we will pinprick
you will pinprick
they will pinprick
Future continuous
I will be pinpricking
you will be pinpricking
he/she/it will be pinpricking
we will be pinpricking
you will be pinpricking
they will be pinpricking
Future perfect
I will have pinpricked
you will have pinpricked
he/she/it will have pinpricked
we will have pinpricked
you will have pinpricked
they will have pinpricked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been pinpricking
you will have been pinpricking
he/she/it will have been pinpricking
we will have been pinpricking
you will have been pinpricking
they will have been pinpricking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would pinprick
you would pinprick
he/she/it would pinprick
we would pinprick
you would pinprick
they would pinprick
Conditional continuous
I would be pinpricking
you would be pinpricking
he/she/it would be pinpricking
we would be pinpricking
you would be pinpricking
they would be pinpricking
Conditional perfect
I would have pinprick
you would have pinprick
he/she/it would have pinprick
we would have pinprick
you would have pinprick
they would have pinprick
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been pinpricking
you would have been pinpricking
he/she/it would have been pinpricking
we would have been pinpricking
you would have been pinpricking
they would have been pinpricking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you pinprick
we let´s pinprick
you pinprick
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to pinprick
Past participle
pinpricked
Present Participle
pinpricking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PINPRICK


archbishopric
ˈɑːtʃˈbɪʃəprɪk
bishopric
ˈbɪʃəprɪk
brick
brɪk
crick
krɪk
cupric
ˈkjuːprɪk
electric
ɪˈlɛktrɪk
eric
ˈɛrɪk
fabric
ˈfæbrɪk
generic
dʒɪˈnɛrɪk
geometric
ˌdʒɪəˈmɛtrɪk
Herrick
ˈhɛrɪk
historic
hɪˈstɒrɪk
lyric
ˈlɪrɪk
metric
ˈmɛtrɪk
Patrick
ˈpætrɪk
pediatric
ˌpiːdɪˈætrɪk
prick
prɪk
rick
rɪk
toric
ˈtɒrɪk
trick
trɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PINPRICK

pinocytosis
pinocytotic
pinocytotically
pinole
Pinot
Pinot Grigio
Pinot Noir
Pinotage
pinpoint
pinpoint accuracy
pins and needles
pinscher
Pinsent
pinsetter
Pinsk
pinspotter
pinstripe
pinstriped
pinswell
pint

WORDS THAT END LIKE PINPRICK

can´t take a trick
card trick
Croagh Patrick
derrick
dirty trick
do the trick
Downpatrick
firebrick
Fitzpatrick
Garrick
gold brick
hat-trick
Kirkpatrick
Kubrick
Lego brick
limerick
maverick
party trick
strick
three-card trick

Synonyms and antonyms of pinprick in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pinprick» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PINPRICK

Find out the translation of pinprick to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pinprick from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pinprick» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

针刺
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pinchazo
570 millions of speakers

English

pinprick
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चिढ़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بوخز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

укол булавкой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pinprick
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সামান্য খোঁচা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

piqûre d´épingle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pinprick
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nadelstich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

針で刺す
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

바늘로 한 번 찌르기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pinprick
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kim châm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தன்மையை கொண்டது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिनरिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iğne batması
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

puntura di spillo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ukłucie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

укол шпилькою
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înțepătură
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pinprick
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

speldeprik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nålstick
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nålestikk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pinprick

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PINPRICK»

The term «pinprick» is regularly used and occupies the 69.579 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PINPRICK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pinprick» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pinprick» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pinprick

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PINPRICK»

Discover the use of pinprick in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pinprick and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Field Guide to the Neurologic Examination
PURPOSE The main purpose of the examination of pinprick sensation is to localize neurologic pathology by looking for characteristic distributions of pinprick loss. WHEN TO EXAMINE PINPRICK SENSATION Examination of pinprick sensation ...
Steven L. Lewis, 2005
2
Management of Spinal Cord Injuries: A Guide for Physiotherapists
This is reflected by appreciation of deep anal pressure or preservation of either light touch or pinprick sensation in the perianal area. 3. Strength in muscles below the motor and neurological level. The importance of the S4–S5 segments is ...
Lisa Harvey (Ph. D.), 2008
3
Neurosurgical Intensive Care
Usually this is done by lightly applying pressure with a pin to determine if the patient can feel the pinprick at the key sensory landmarks tested or, in contrast, if the patient has decreased sensation in a specific dermatomal distribution.
Javed Siddiqi, 2011
4
Neurology Review for Psychiatrists
Pinprick, temperature sensation, and light touch sensation are variously involved in an unpredictable manner. In the upper limbs, dissociated loss of pinprick and temperature sensation, but with retained light touch, suggests central cord ...
Sean I. Savitz, Michael Ronthal, 2008
5
Everybody Has Somebody in Heaven: Essential Jewish Tales of ...
As curtain goes UP, the shop steward, a scrofulous Magyar named Egon Hagyvad is seen talking to Pinprick, a peripatic colporteur of Union Prayerbooks. Egon: ...like I was saying, gaffer, us Union men gotta stick together. Pinprick: ( quoting) ...
Avram Davidson, Jack Dann, Grania Davis, 2000
6
Essentials of Spinal Cord Injury: Basic Research to Clinical ...
2,20 Anterior cord syndrome involvesa lossofmotor function and pinprick sensation with preservation of light touch sensationandjoint position sense. 3 Anterior cord syndrome has a poorer prognosis than the other incompletesyndromes.
Michael G. Fehlings, Alexander R. Vaccaro, 2012
7
Spinal Cord Medicine: Principles and Practice
Two early studies by Foo (14) and Waters (6, 8) demonstrated better outcomes for motor recovery among those with initial pinprick sensation below the zone of injury. The above studies are limited by small numbers of subjects and use of the  ...
Vernon W. Lin, Christopher M. Bono, 2010
8
Localization of Clinical Syndromes in Neuropsychology and ...
Disorders of tactile localization, or atopagnosia, are characterized by the patient's inability to localize the site of a pinprick. When a pinprick is applied to the patient's extremities, he or she points to the proximal site several centimeters from the ...
Joseph M. Tonkonogy, Antonio E. Puente, 2009
9
Issues in Surgery, Perioperative, and Anesthesia Research ...
During 3 months, 15 obstetric anaesthetists recorded block height to touch, pinprick or cold when spinal anaesthesia was considered satisfactory for caesarean section to proceed.” Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the ...
‎2013
10
Central Pain Syndrome: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management
... 45 years, C6 lesion (hemorrhage), NRS (pain): 8 Levels/stimuli eliciting RS T5 –T10; light touch, pinprick Above but close to the lesion level + head and upper limbs; light touch, pinprick R chest; light touch, pinprick Chest and back (T5–T12);  ...
Sergio Canavero, Vincenzo Bonicalzi, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PINPRICK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pinprick is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Situation Report: Possible deal between the US and Turkey …
strikes under wraps, but from what we've learned, there looks to be a real shift from the usual pinprick attacks that have strictly focused on the ... «Foreign Policy, Jul 15»
2
Charities to launch hepatitis C testing campaign
Experts said a simple pinprick test could give a diagnosis. Drug user Drug injectors are among those most at risk of contracting the condition. «BBC News, Jul 15»
3
Jazz Port Townsend ventured all over the map
... percolation, with guitarist Romero Lubambo galloping through the spidery melody of his tune “Pro Flavio” with twinkling, pinprick accuracy. «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»
4
Even in pursuit of pretty minnows, there can be danger
... every which way, retreating to the deep, becoming tiny ghostly reflections until curiosity enticed them upward to study us with pinprick eyes. «St. Cloud Times, Jul 15»
5
Women flocking to endure brutal nip-tucks in a bid to emulate daring …
SmartXide superficially burns the skin in pinprick-like dots. Studies show ablative treatments reduce wrinkles and improve skin texture by ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
Is There a New US Airstrike Policy in East Africa?
... in Somalia, shifting from pinprick attacks that strictly focus on the jihadis' leaders, U.S. officials said Friday. A July 14 U.S. airstrike in Somalia, ... «Foreign Policy, Jul 15»
7
HIV testing: On the spot and in the clubs on South Beach
Testing is done one-on-one, confidentially. The rapid tests take 15 to 20 minutes and use a pinprick of blood to test whether it's reactive for HIV ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
8
Editorial: Age of wonders unfolds above our heads
... some pride in our expanding knowledge of the universe — even if it's still a relative pinprick of light in an immeasurable ocean of darkness? «Eureka Times Standard, Jul 15»
9
Lounge Book Excerpt: The lovers and the Leavers
I'm so close to Rox that I can squint the glitter of her eyes into pinprick stars, growing, falling, fading. A living painting. Or is it a painted life? «Livemint, Jul 15»
10
“Ant-Man” Is a Superhero Movie for Skeptics
... because one good self-mocking pinprick and the whole enterprise crumbles in ridicule. That's why “Ant-Man” is a bracing, giddy delight. «The New Yorker, Jul 15»

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