Definition of "pinpricking" []

• Present participle of pinprick. (verb)

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• "The patches of raw skin on her cheek and palms suddenly blazed to pinpricking life, and she had to blink away tears."
• "London, told him that the Union Government was "pursuing a policy of pinpricking and goading the non-whites to the point of explosion.""
• "But those scores kept Waterford within striking distance, pinpricking Clare's momentum."