Definition of Tingling

1. Noun. A somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles.

Exact synonyms: Prickling, Tingle
Generic synonyms: Somaesthesia, Somatesthesia, Somatic Sensation, Somesthesia
Specialized synonyms: Pins And Needles
Derivative terms: Prickle, Prickle, Tingle, Tingle

2. Adjective. Exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements.
Exact synonyms: Tickling, Titillating
Similar to: Exciting

Definition of Tingling

1. Noun. A tingling sensation; pins and needles. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of tingle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tingling

1. tingle [v] - See also: tingle

Medical Definition of Tingling

1. A pricking type of paresthesia. Distal tingling on percussion, A term sometimes used for Tinel's sign. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tingling

tinges
tingibility
tingible
tingid
tingids
tinging
tingis
tingle
tingled
tingler
tinglers
tingles
tinglier
tingliest
tingliness
tingling (current term)
tinglingly
tinglings
tinglish
tingly
tings
tinhorn
tinhorns
tinier
tinies
tiniest
tinily
tininess
tininesses

Literary usage of Tingling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"A peculiar tingling in right side of face to vertex, with tension in skin ... Peculiar tingling r. side of face, extending to vertex ; skin of same region ..."

2. Observations on Popular Antiquities Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1900)
"tingling OF THE EARS, RIGHT EYE, NECK, AND SIDE. " What fire is in mine ears ?'' Beatrice's inquiry in Much Ado about Nothing, Warburton explains as ..."

3. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1901)
"tingling OF THE EARS, See. IN Shakspeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Beatrice says : "What fire is in mine ears I" which Warburton explains aa alluding to a ..."

4. The universal etymological English dictionaryby Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1731)
"... L. to make a t' TINNITUS ««V«, а tingling in the ears, proceeding from с ... tingling ..."

5. Thyroid and Thymus by André Crotti (1922)
"tingling and Numbness.— tingling and numbness of the upper and lower extremities is sometimes another complaint; it is more frequently observed in the lower ..."

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