Crossword-Solution: PRICKLE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Prickle | n. | 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. |
| Prickle | n. | A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade. |
| Prickle | n. | A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds. |
| Prickle | v. t. | To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points. |
We have 14 clues for the answer “PRICKLE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Sharp tingle, as of fear | 1 answer |
| The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample | 1 answer |
| thorn or spike on a plant | 1 answer |
| willow basket | 1 answer |
| make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn | 2 answers |
| Rash sensation | 2 answers |
| Stinging sensation | 3 answers |
| Hedgehog | 4 answers |
| tingle | 4 answers |
| spine | 11 answers |
| thorn | 13 answers |
| sharp point | 17 answers |
| Tickle | 18 answers |
| Sting | 25 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEARE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PRICKLE (5)
There are myriads of lizards on the mesa, little gray darts, or larger salmon-sided ones that may be found swallowing their skins in the safety of a prickle-bush in early spring.
The man had not said "well-behaved," he had said "well-_trained_." Well-trained in what way? He felt his forehead prickle slightly as he thought of the smiling, keen look which set itself so straight upon him.
About the middle of the last age, an inveterate ulcer was touched and cured by a holy prickle of the holy crown: 53 the prodigy is attested by the most pious and enlightened Christians of France; nor will the fact be easily disproved, except by those who are armed with a general antidote against religious credulity.
And all of it, every acre, every spear of grass, every cactus prickle, every creature on it, practically belonged to Senor Johnson, because Senor Johnson owned the water, and without water one cannot exist on the desert.
About the middle of the last age, an inveterate ulcer was touched and cured by a holy prickle of the holy crown: [53] the prodigy is attested by the most pious and enlightened Christians of France; nor will the fact be easily disproved, except by those who are armed with a general antidote against religious credulity.
Quotes with PRICKLE (3)
I’m not sure how old I was when I first tried looking in the mirror and telling myself, with a shiver of pride and a warning prickle of something like fear, ‘I am the most powerful person in the world.’ In a way, it was true. My hands and mind could do things no one else’s could, but I was too young then to understand that some power — the kind that really matters — comes from other people. And what good is being faster, or stronger, or smarter than everyone else when it leaves you all alone?
He tracks the rise and fall of the glittering darkness thronged with specks and tendrils of luminous secrets. Falling stars crackle in the cold air and prickle his skin. They flash in the corner of his vision where the eye’s discernment of light and shadow is most acute.
I don't know if you've ever been covered head to toe in prickle bush, but let me tell you, it's not a pleasant experience, as I'm sure you can imagine.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, The Atlantic, WP.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (2000–2020).