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tingle |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tingle \Tin"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tingled}; p. pr & vb n. {Tingling}.] [Freq. of ting. Cf {Tinkle}.] 1. To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound. At which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. --1 Sam. iii. 11. 2. To feel a sharp, thrilling pain. The pale boy senator yet tingling stands. --Pope. 3. To have or to cause a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation. They suck pollution through their tingling vein. --Tickell. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tingle n 1: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him" [syn: {frisson}, {shiver}, {chill}, {quiver}, {shudder}, {thrill}] 2: a pricking somatic sensation [syn: {prickling}, {tingling}] v : cause a tingling sensation [syn: {prickle}]
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