pinprick

An insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point.

A mildly annoying wound or damage.

A very tiny dot.

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

To produce a jabbing sensation, like a pinprick, in.

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

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.