tingle

/ˈtɪŋgəl/

/ˈtiŋgəl/

Other forms: tingled; tingles

When something tingles, it prickles or stings a tiny bit. Walking through a haunted house might make your skin tingle with fear.

A cool breeze makes your skin tingle, and a pep rally might leave you tingling with excitement. Tingle can also call be used as a noun: a tingle is similar to a shiver or a shudder, a light sensation that may have an emotional or physical cause. An earlier meaning of tingle was "a ringing sensation or sound."

Definitions of tingle

1. verb

   cause a stinging or tingling sensation
   synonyms: prickle

   type of:

   itch

   have or perceive an itch
2. noun

   a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles
   synonyms: prickling, tingling

   types:

   pins and needles

   a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation

   type of:

   somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia

   the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
3. noun

   an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
   synonyms: chill, frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill

   type of:

   fear, fearfulness, fright

   an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)