pringle
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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to buckle or bend (a wheel, ring, or the like) into a saddle-like shape.
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to cause to feel a tingling or prickling sensation.
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You know what a barbecue Pringle paired with a pizza pringle tastes like?
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2018
The rain pringled upon my skin and hissed past my ears.
From The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
I tell you, I fairly pringled all along my back.
From Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson
The breeze would catch these foam-crests from time to time, and then there would be a sharp spatter upon the decks, with a salt smack upon the lips, and a pringling in the eyes.
From The Refugees by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
I heard them through a haze of blood beats in my ears and temples and my body was extraordinarily rigid and pringling and I was horribly breathless.
From Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson
"I wish no better," said he, with a pringling in the eyes at this hearty greeting.
From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
By eleven o'clock the heat had increased to such an extent that McTeague could feel the burning of the ground come pringling and stinging through the soles of his boots.
From McTeague by Frank Norris
She went forward, her back pringling with the consciousness of the sunny tableau upon which it was turned.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives
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