'prickle' is a correct and commonly used word in written English.
You can use it to describe a feeling of prickling, tingling, or stinging sensation, often connected to pain or discomfort. For example, "I felt a prickle of fear as I walked down the dark alley."
At this, Lost in Showbiz confesses, it felt a certain prickle of prurient anticipation.
Vestiges such as the stumpy wings of flightless birds, and the hairs that prickle on human skin just like the rising hackles on furry mammals, are further testimony to our shared origins.
Film-goers have seen the lizards and the blazing rocks, have heard the didgeridoo, have felt their scalps prickle.
Newly formed cells move outward, and at first form part of the prickle cell layer (stratum spinosum), in which they are knit together by plaquelike structures called desmosomes.
Here are the ones that I think best combine beauty and dignity, and which bring an unexpected prickle to the eyes.
As a long-time resident of north London, I am sure I am not alone in feeling a tiny prickle of shame when I go to the shop up the road and buy a Dr Oetker pizza for lunch.
Rich and deeply satisfying with a prickle of heat, it was a triumphant example of what an Italian chef friend calls "comfy food".
Carpaccio of pineapple, lifted with a prickle of peppery heat, came with the second trompe l'oeil of the meal.
Returning to the freshness of the 2014 vintage, the 2014 Fontenille Pouilly Fumé, £10.99, Wine Rack, is benchmark stuff in which the purity of the sauvignon blanc grape is transmitted through nettle aromas, a crisp prickle and plenty of elderflower juiciness.
2014 Austrian Grüner Veltliner Fresh and aromatic with a whiff of white pepper, this dry white from Markus Huber has a refreshing prickle on the tongue followed by ripe stonefruit flavours and a zesty citrus finish.
As we put down our cases in the cool of our giant dark-wood bedrooms and skitter over the hot sand to meet Richard Chadburn, our sailing guru for the week, a tiny prickle of unease goes down my neck.
