bumps

  • 61goose bumps — Synonyms and related words: ache, aching, agitation, broken ground, broken water, chilblains, chill, chilliness, chilling, chills of fear, chop, cold creeps, cold shivers, cold sweat, corduroy, corduroy road, corrugation, creeps, cryopathy,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 62goose bumps — goose′ bumps n. pl. a bristling of the hair on the skin, as from cold or fear; horripilation Also called goose flesh, goose pimples. • Etymology: 1930–35; amer …

    From formal English to slang

  • 63goose bumps — ☆ goose bumps n. a roughened condition of the skin in which the papillae are erected, caused by cold, fear, etc …

    English World dictionary

  • 64goose|bumps — «GOOS BUHMPS», noun (plural). Informal. goose flesh: »I m goosebumps all over... (New Yorker) …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 65goose bumps — noun plural Date: 1933 a roughness of the skin produced by erection of its papillae especially from cold, fear, or a sudden feeling of excitement …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 66chill bumps — South Midland and Southern U.S. goose flesh. [1955 60, Amer.] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 67desert bumps — popular name for coccidioidomycosis …

    Medical dictionary

  • 68love bumps — n pl British female breasts. A schoolboyish euphe mism of the 1970s. Love bubbles was a pre World War II synonym. love lumps is an alternative form …

    Contemporary slang

  • 69goose bumps — goose flesh, goose pimples, bumpy condition of the skin caused by a physical or emotional sensation (i.e. cold, fear, surprise) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 70goose bumps — UK / US noun [plural] goose pimples …

    English dictionary