pinprick

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of PINPRICK

a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument <the nurse kindly put a decorated bandage over the pinprick from the injection>

Synonyms perforation, pinhole, pinprick, punch, puncture, stab

Related Words gouge, groove, hollow; break, cut, gash, incision, laceration, notch, rent, rip, rupture, slash, slit, tear

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