Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tingle"
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) 1.7 (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 prickling somatic sensation as from many tiny pricks [syn:
{prickling}, {tingling}]
v : cause a tingling sensation [syn: {prickle}]
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