pin·prick
ˈpin-ˌprik 
1
: a small puncture made by or as if by a pin
2
: a petty irritation or annoyance
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Noun
He felt a pinprick in his leg.
the nurse kindly put a decorated bandage over the pinprick from the injection
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Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
The other shapes in the background—mere pinpricks of orange, yellow and green light—are more galaxies, and their colors reveal properties such as their distances from Earth, per a NASA statement.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2021
The teeny pinpricks force the skin to heal and build up stronger than before, while the device also deposits serum deeper into the skin.
—Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 9 Nov. 2018
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Noun
Empty space threatens to overwhelm her lattice of pinpricks and sparkles; her granular timbres often seem on the verge of dissolving into nothingness.
—Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
The other shapes in the background—mere pinpricks of orange, yellow and green light—are more galaxies, and their colors reveal properties such as their distances from Earth, per a NASA statement.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
Verb
At this height, the real thing looks fake, a composite of toy skyscrapers, tinfoil rivers, pinprick traffic lights, Central Park the size of a welcome mat, and some sort of nature in the hazy distance.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2021
The teeny pinpricks force the skin to heal and build up stronger than before, while the device also deposits serum deeper into the skin.
—Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 9 Nov. 2018
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“Pinprick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pinprick. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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