Reverse Dictionary: PRICKLE

ADJECTIVES
► ECHINULATE having or covered with small prickles → 1846
► JACULIFEROUS having prickles, or spine-like darts → 1855
► PUNCTIOUS of a sensation: characterized by pricking or prickling → 1668 obs.
► PUNCTORIOUS of pain: characterized by pricking or prickling → 1675 obs.
► PUNCTORY of pain: characterized by pricking or prickling → 1661 obs.

NOUNS
► DAWK a prickle or spine of a thorn → 20C Ireland
► JAG a prickle, a thorn; something which causes a sting → c1800 Sc.
► JAGGER a prickle → 1825 Sc.
► PICKER a burr, a bramble, a prickle → 1950 Amer. dial.
► PICKY a burr, a bramble, a prickle → 1950 Amer. dial.
► PRICKER a thorn, prickle, or burr, bramble → 1743 colloq.
► PRICKET a thorn, a prickle; a small sharp point or spike → 1663 obs.
► PUNCTION a pricking or prickling sensation → 1596 obs.

VERBS
► ECHINATE to set up one’s prickles like a hedgehog → 1788
► PRINKLE to have a thrilling sensation, such as the feeling of ‘pins and needles’; to tingle, to prickle → 1721 Sc.