icepick

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An icepick (sense 1)
Shapes of different acne scars, including icepick scar (sense 2)

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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.
     Acne scars on Wikipedia
    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.