tingle (verb)

  • 1tingle — verb (I) 1 if a part of your body tingles, you feel a slight uncomfortable feeling, especially on your skin (+ with): My cheeks were tingling with the cold. 2 tingle with excitement to feel very excited tingle noun (C): A nervous tingle ran down… …

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  • 2tingle — ► NOUN ▪ a slight prickling or stinging sensation. ► VERB ▪ experience or cause to experience a tingle. DERIVATIVES tingly adjective. ORIGIN perhaps a variant of TINKLE(Cf. ↑tinkly) …

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  • 3tingle — verb Tingle is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑scalp, ↑skin …

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  • 4tingle — [[t]tɪ̱ŋg(ə)l[/t]] tingles, tingling, tingled 1) VERB When a part of your body tingles, you have a slight stinging feeling there. The backs of his thighs tingled. [V ing] ...a taste which is first sweet, then bitter, leaving a tingling sensation… …

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  • 5tingle — I UK [ˈtɪŋɡ(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms tingle : present tense I/you/we/they tingle he/she/it tingles present participle tingling past tense tingled past participle tingled 1) if a part of your body tingles, it stings slightly, for… …

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  • 6tingle — I. /ˈtɪŋgəl / (say tingguhl) verb (i) (tingled, tingling) 1. to have a sensation of slight stings or prickly pains, from a sharp blow or from cold. 2. to cause such a sensation. –noun 3. a tingling sensation. 4. the tingling action of cold, etc.… …

  • 7tingle — tin|gle1 [ tıŋgl ] verb intransitive 1. ) if a part of your body tingles, it stings slightly, for example because it is very cold or hot: My body tingled all over and my head ached. His skin was tingling from the shower. 2. ) if you tingle with a …

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  • 8tingle — intransitive verb (tingled; tingling) Etymology: Middle English, alteration of tinklen to tinkle, tingle Date: 14th century 1. a. to feel a ringing, stinging, prickling, or thrilling sensation b. to cause such a sensation 2. tinkle 1 • tingle… …

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  • 9tingle — tingle1 noun a slight prickling or stinging sensation. verb experience or cause to experience a tingle. Derivatives tingly adjective Origin ME: perh. a var. of tinkle. tingle2 noun an S shaped metal clip used to support heavy panes of glass or… …

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  • 10tingle — 1. verb her flesh still tingled from the shock Syn: prickle, sting; tremble, quiver, shiver 2. noun she felt a tingle of anticipation Syn: thrill, buzz, quiver, shiver, tingling, sting, stinging; tremor …

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