Pimple

Pim′ple

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Noun.

[AS.

pīpelian

to blister; cf. L.

papula

pimple.]

1.

(Med.)

Any small acuminated elevation of the cuticle, whether going on to suppuration or not.

“All eyes can see a pimple on her nose.”

Pope.

2.

Fig.: A swelling or protuberance like a pimple.

“A pimple that portends a future sprout.”

Cowper.

Pimple

PIM'PLE

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Noun.

A small pustule on the face or other part of the body, usually a red pustule.

pimple

English

Noun

pimple ‎(plural pimples)

An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
I had to pop that embarrassing pimple, it was huge and red and on the tip of my nose.
(slang) An annoying person.
He's such a pimple! I wish he'd stop being so irritating!

Synonyms

acker (old Australian slang)
acne
pustule
spot (UK, slang)
zit (US, slang)

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Translations

inflamed spot on the surface of the skin

Albanian: puçërr (sq)
Arabic: بَثْرَة f ‎(baṯra)
Egyptian Arabic: حبة f ‎(ḥaba)
Armenian: պզուկ (hy) ‎(pzuk)
Basque:
Belarusian: прышч m ‎(pryšč), ву́гар m ‎(vúhar), вуго́р m ‎(vuhór)
Bulgarian: пъ̀пка (bg) f ‎(pǎ̀pka), пъ̀пчица f ‎(pǎ̀pčica)
Burmese: ဝက်ခြံ (my) ‎(wakhkram)
Catalan: bua (ca) f, buba f
Cebuano: bugas
Chinese:
Mandarin: 疙瘩 (zh) ‎(gēda), 丘疹 (zh) ‎(qiūzhěn)
Czech: uher m, pupínek m
Danish: filipens
Dutch: puist (nl) f, pukkel (nl)
Esperanto: akno
Estonian: vistrik
Finnish: näppy (fi), finni (fi), märkänäppylä
French: bouton (fr) m, pustule (fr) f
Georgian: მუწუკი ‎(muc̣uḳi)
German: Pickel (de) m, Oas n (Bavaria)
Greek: σπυρί (el) n ‎(spyrí), σπυράκι (el) n ‎(spyráki)
Hebrew: פצעון
Hindi: मुंहासा m ‎(munhāsā)
Hungarian: pattanás (hu)
Icelandic: nabbi m, bóla (is) f, graftarbóla (is) f
Ilocano: kamuro
Irish: goirín m
Italian: pustola (it), pustoletta, brufolo m, foruncoloso m
Japanese: 面皰 (ja) ‎(にきび, níkibi), 丘疹 ‎(きゅうしん, kyūshin)
Kapampangan: punggod
Kazakh: безеу ‎(bezew)
Khmer: មុន (km) ‎(mŭn)
Korean: 여드름 (ko) ‎(yeodeureum)

Lao: ສິວ ‎(siu)
Latin: pustula f
Latvian: pūte f
Lithuanian: spuogas m
Macedonian: бубула f ‎(bubula)
Maltese:
Maori: kiritona, para, mariao, huahua
Mongolian: батга (mn) ‎(batga)
Norwegian: kvise (no) c
Okinawan: にくん ‎(nikun)
Old English:
Persian: جوش (fa) ‎(juš)
Pitjantjatjara:
Polish: pryszcz (pl) m inan, krosta (pl) f
Portuguese: borbulha (pt) f, espinha (pt) f
Quechua: cupu
Romanian: coș (ro)
Russian: прыщ (ru) m ‎(pryšč), пры́щик (ru) m ‎(prýščik), у́горь (ru) m ‎(úgorʹ), па́пула (ru) f ‎(pápula), пупы́рышек (ru) m ‎(pupýryšek)
Scottish Gaelic: pluc m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: бубуљица f, пришт m

Roman: bubuljica (sh) f, prišt (sh) m
Sicilian: brufulu (scn) m
Slovak: pupienok m
Slovene: pustula f
Spanish: espinilla (es) f
Swedish: finne (sv) c
Tagalog: tagihawat, katil (very itchy)
Thai: สิว (th) ‎(sĭw)
Turkish: sivilce (tr)
Ukrainian: прищ m ‎(pryšč), вуго́р m ‎(vuhór)
Vietnamese: mụn nhọt
Waray-Waray: punggod
Welsh: tosyn m
Yiddish:

annoying person

Dutch: etter (nl) m, puistenkop (nl) m, ellendeling (nl) m
French: casse-couilles (fr) m
Greek: κακό σπυρί n ‎(kakó spyrí)

Maori: pōrearea
Russian: негодя́й (ru) m ‎(negodjáj)
Spanish: pendejo (es) m

Verb

pimple ‎(third-person singular simple present pimples, present participle pimpling, simple past and past participle pimpled)

To develop pimples

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