pinprick

noun

1. An insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point.
2. A mildly annoying wound or damage.
3. A very tiny dot.

   “The stars were pinpricks of light in a clear night sky.”

verb

1. (transitive)To produce a jabbing sensation, like a pinprick, in.

   “The water pinpricked her face as she stepped into the shower.”

2. (transitive)To puncture with a tiny hole or holes.

   “By now it was dark, velvety dark with a moon, a darkness pinpricked by the lights from the landing place now drawing rapidly closer.”

   “He had always had to repress the urge to pinprick her enthusiasms.”