icepick

See also: ice pick

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Noun

icepick (plural icepicks)

  1. A pointed tool, shaped like an awl, used for breaking ice.
  2. (attributive, followed by "scar") A type of narrow and deep atrophic (indented) acne scar that resembles a puncture in the skin.
    Hypernym: atrophic scar
    Coordinate terms: boxcar scar, rolling scar

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Verb

icepick (third-person singular simple present icepicks, present participle icepicking, simple past and past participle icepicked)

  1. (transitive) To break or stab with an icepick.
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