gooseflesh
or goose flesh
Origin of gooseflesh
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How to use gooseflesh in a sentence
I confess I felt a species of "gooseflesh" creeping over me.
Mexico | Charles Reginald Enock“Hush,” cried Vi suddenly, and her tone sent the gooseflesh all over them again.
Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island | Janet D. WheelerAnd then I heard something as set my hair up on end and the gooseflesh sprouting all over me.
Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs | Anne WarnerNow and then he smacked his lips and ground his teeth until the gooseflesh arose on my neck.
Even I, though I deplore the platitudes, find my own gooseflesh rising in response to his larynx.
The Brentons | Anna Chapin Ray
British Dictionary definitions for goose flesh
the bumpy condition of the skin induced by cold, fear, etc, caused by contraction of the muscles at the base of the hair follicles with consequent erection of papillae: so called because of the resemblance to the skin of a freshly-plucked fowl: Also called: goose bumps, goose pimples, goose skin
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