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Definition of Tingle
1. Noun. An almost pleasurable sensation of fright. "A frisson of surprise shot through him"
Generic synonyms: Fear, Fearfulness, Fright
Derivative terms: Shiver, Shivery, Shuddery, Thrill, Thrill
2. Verb. Cause a stinging or tingling sensation.
3. Noun. A somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles.
Generic synonyms: Somaesthesia, Somatesthesia, Somatic Sensation, Somesthesia
Specialized synonyms: Pins And Needles
Derivative terms: Prickle, Prickle
Definition of Tingle
1. v. i. To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound.
Definition of Tingle
1. Verb. To have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation. ¹
2. Noun. A prickling or stinging sensation. ¹
3. Verb. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tingle
1. to cause a prickly, stinging sensation [v -GLED, -GLING, -GLES]
Medical Definition of Tingle
1. To feel a peculiar pricking sensation. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tingle
Literary usage of Tingle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"tingle. Gk. TITLE. fincha, to dye. dye ; see tint. , to wet, distain, ... (L.)
Formerly tingle ; see Tinker. Tinker. ..."
2. The Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers of the Collegiate Church Or by Joseph Lemuel Chester (1876)
"19 July 1641, for Anthony tingle, Gent., bachelor, about 40, and Elizabeth Page,
spinster, 26, both of the city of Westminster, to marry at St. Mary ..."
3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1901)
"BY J. BISHOP tingle. Received November 10, 1900. INTRODUCTION. IN the course of
an investigation of the action'of ethereal oxalates on aliphatic ketones,1 ..."
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