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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