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tingling |
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]: tingling adj 1: exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements [syn: {tickling}, {titillating}] 2: causing or experiencing a painful shivering feeling as from many tiny pricks; "a prickling blush of embarrassment"; "the tingling feeling in a foot that has gone to sleep"; "a stinging nettle"; "the stinging windblown sleet" [syn: {prickling}, {stinging}] n : a pricking somatic sensation [syn: {prickling}, {tingle}]
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