Definition of "prickle" [pric•kle]

• A small sharp point, spine, or thorn. (noun)
• A tingling or pricking sensation. (noun)
• To prick as if with a thorn. (verb-transitive)
• To cause a tingling or pricking sensation in. (verb-transitive)
• To feel a tingling or pricking sensation. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "It took my editor to point out to me that I’d made the protagonist’s skin prickle at least six times in my current ms."
• "He opened his eyes and found him self lying on the merge of the cold-water tank, amongst a crowd of people all laughing at him; for his prickle was at point and the napkin had slipped from his middle."
• "These are known as prickle cells because of the bridges by which they are connected to one another."