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tingle

[ ting-guhl ]

verb (used without object)

, tin·gled, tin·gling.
  1. to have a sensation of slight prickles, stings, or tremors, as from cold, a sharp blow, excitement, etc.:

    I tingle all over.

  2. to cause such a sensation:

    The scratch tingles.



noun

  1. a tingling sensation.
  2. the tingling action of cold, a blow, excitement, etc.

    Synonyms: flutter, thrill

tingle

/ ˈtɪŋɡəl /

verb

  1. usually intr to feel or cause to feel a prickling, itching, or stinging sensation of the flesh, as from a cold plunge or electric shock
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a sensation of tingling
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈtingly, adjective
  • ˈtinglingly, adverb
  • ˈtingling, adjective
  • ˈtingler, noun
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Other Words From

  • tingler noun
  • tingling·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tingle1

1350–1400; Middle English tinglen (v.), variant of tinkle
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tingle1

C14: perhaps a variant of tinkle
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Example Sentences

Even so, Facebook’s pain — at least for now — has been more like a tingle than an ache.

From Digiday

This recipe calls for enough to have a pleasant tingle, but you can increase or decrease the quantity based on your spice preferences.

Hours of pepper spray and tear gas had left an unpleasant tingle in the air.

It glides on so smoothly and gives a little bit of a tingle.

From Fortune

When you wake up, you can feel a tingle along the skin between your fingers.

Scrolling through this hate-filled manifesto for the first time made the hairs on my arm tingle with discomfort.

Either way, guests seeking a holiday getaway there can also enjoy a tingle of telling truth to power by posting their own reviews.

Once on my face, my skin began to tingle and my eyes started to water, or maybe I was crying because I was so hungry.

Feel your scalp tingle as my voice gently surprises you from behind.

Who does not get a tingle at the thought of how they would respond of they knew the full truth.

It sent a pleasant tingle through his veins and made that injured arm of his ache again.

Lowell straightened up suddenly, a tingle of apprehension running through him.

One day Tilly told Grace a story that caused every nerve in his body to tingle, and he scarcely could keep from crying out.

The stimulated blood courses through my veins with a pleasing tingle.

Digby leaped nimbly aside, and hit his right arm a blow which made it tingle from the shoulder to the tips of the fingers.

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