English-Thai Dictionary

prickle

N หนาม  spine spike nam

 

prickle

VT แทง เบาๆ  sting tingle tang-bao-bao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRICKLE

n.In botany, a small pointed shoot or sharp process, growing from the bark only, and thus distinguished from the thorn, which grows from the wood of a plant. Thus the rose, the bramble, the gooseberry and the barberry are armed with prickles. 1. A sharp pointed process of an animal.

 

PRICKLE-BACK

n.A small fish, so named from the prickles on its back; the stickle-back.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRICKLE

Pric "kle, n. Etym: [AS. pricele, pricle; akin to LG. prickel, D.prikkel. See Prick, n.]

 

1. A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc. ; a spine. Bacon.

 

2. A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade. B. Jonson.

 

3. A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds. [Eng. ]

 

PRICKLE

PRICKLE Pric "kle, v. t.

 

Defn: To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points. Felt a horror over me creep, Prickle skin, and catch my breath. Tennyson.

 

PRICKLEBACK; PRICKLEFISH

PRICKLEBACK; PRICKLEFISH Pric "kle *back `, Pric "kle *fish `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The stickleback.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prickle

prick le |ˈprikəl ˈprɪkəl | ▶noun a short, slender, sharp-pointed outgrowth on the bark or epidermis of a plant; a small thorn: the prickles of the blackberry bushes. • a small spine or pointed outgrowth on the skin of certain animals. • a tingling sensation on someone's skin, typically caused by strong emotion: Kathleen felt a prickle of excitement. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of a person's skin or a part of the body ) experience a tingling sensation, esp. as a result of strong emotion: the sound made her skin prickle with horror. • [ with obj. ] cause a tingling or mildly painful sensation in: I hate the way the fibers prickle your skin. • (of a person ) react defensively or angrily to something: she prickled at the implication that she had led a soft and protected life. ORIGIN Old English pricel ‘instrument for pricking, sensation of being pricked ’; related to Middle Dutch prickel, from the Germanic base of prick. The verb is partly a diminutive of the verb prick .

 

prickleback

prick le back |ˈprikəlˌbak ˈprɪkəlbæk | ▶noun a long slender fish with a spiny dorsal fin running the length of the body. It lives in cooler seas of the northern hemisphere, typically in shallow inshore waters. [Family Stichaeidae: many genera and species. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

prickle

prickle |ˈprɪk (ə )l | ▶noun a short pointed outgrowth on the bark or epidermis of a plant; a small thorn: the prickles of the gorse bushes. • a small spine or pointed outgrowth on the skin of certain animals. • a tingling sensation on a person's skin, typically caused by strong emotion: Kathleen felt a prickle of excitement. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of a part of the body ) experience a tingling sensation, especially as a result of strong emotion: the sound made her skin prickle with horror. • [ with obj. ] cause a tingling sensation in: I hate the way the fibres prickle your skin. • (of a person ) react defensively or angrily to something: she prickled at the implication that she had led a protected life. ORIGIN Old English pricel ‘instrument for pricking, sensation of being pricked ’; related to Middle Dutch prickel, from the Germanic base of prick. The verb is partly a diminutive of the verb prick .

 

prickleback

prickle |back ▶noun a long, slender fish with a spiny dorsal fin running the length of the body. It lives in cooler seas of the northern hemisphere, typically in shallow inshore waters. ●Family Stichaeidae: many genera and species.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prickle

prickle noun 1 the cactus is covered with prickles: thorn, needle, barb, spike, point, spine. 2 Willie felt a cold prickle of fear: tingle, tingling, tingling sensation, prickling sensation, chill, thrill; Medicine paresthesia. ▶verb its tiny spikes prickled his skin: sting, prick.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prickle

prickle noun 1 the cactus is covered with prickles: thorn, needle, barb, spike, point, spine, quill, spur, bristle, prong, tine; technical spicule. 2 Willie felt a cold prickle crawl up his back: tingle, tingling sensation, tingling, prickling sensation, chill, thrill, itching, creeping sensation, gooseflesh, goose pimples, pins and needles; Medicine paraesthesia; rare formication. ▶verb 1 the thought made her prickle with excitement: tingle, itch, have a creeping sensation, have goose pimples, have gooseflesh, have goosebumps, have pins and needles. 2 its tiny spikes prickled his skin: make something tingle, make something smart, make something itch; sting, prick.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prickle

prick le /prɪ́k (ə )l /動詞 自動詞 〈皮膚などが 〉ちくちくと痛む ; 【強い感情のために 】刺すような痛みを覚える «with » ▸ My scalp was prickling with fear .私は強い恐怖を感じた 他動詞 …をちくちくと痛ませる .名詞 C 1 〖通例 ～s 〗(植物 動物の )とげ, 針 .2 ちくちくした痛み ; (精神的な )動揺 .