goosebump
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈɡuːsbʌmp/
- US
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piel de gallina
- I start to shiver, and I feel my arms covered in goosebumps.
- give me goosebumps
I literally just got goosebumps like that's wow.
- I literally just got goosebumps like that's wow.
- Oh wow, I just got goosebumps all over my body.
- Sleeping, wake up, heard something, if I got goosebumps when I was watching it then it made the cut.
- Oh my God, my face has got goosebumps, baby.
- And it's like the second the film starts, you are hooked and you have goosebumps with every song.
- beautiful and you are everything that I thought you think on stage. You, you gave me goosebumps. I felt your energy. I'm not one to see
- And so one thing that is unbelievable here is, is, is this hat that sits here is I get goosebumps just talking about it.
- Man, I got goosebumps just thinking about it because just thinking of my journey, there it was.
- And we also know that the songs that make people feel, you know, the chills and the goosebumps and the real feels, they're the sad songs.
- Like that gives me goosebumps to think of the the infinite potential that we have in the world.
Examples
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I accepted the honor of these duties with goosebumps running the length of my arms.
Fiction book (1996) -
Oh wow, I just got goosebumps all over my body.
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I, I, I have goosebumps just hearing his voice.
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Oh my God, my face has got goosebumps, baby.
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I was watching last night and I have to tell you, young man you gave me goosebumps.
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Like I'm absolutely covered in goosebumps and feel like I could throw up.
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- Oh my god, I'm getting goosebumps!
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Despite the broil, I felt goosebumps rising along my neck.
Fiction book (2001) -
A small shiver ran down his back, raising goosebumps on his flesh.
Fiction book (1999) -
Hearing that haunting melody gave me goosebumps all over my body.
Synonyms
3
3.0
A small raised spot on your skin when you feel cold, scared, or excited
2
3.7
A small raised bump on the skin that appears when you feel cold, afraid, or have strong feelings
1
7.8
Small bumps on your skin when you feel cold, afraid, or excited
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4.1
Small raised bumps on the skin when you are cold or scared
Small raised bumps on the skin that appear when you feel cold, afraid, or excited
Small bumps appear on the skin when hairs stand up from cold or fear
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Goosebump comes from the picture of a plucked goose whose skin shows little raised bumps, so people used the simple parts goose and bump to name the same small raised spots on our skin. So a goosebump is a tiny raised bit of skin you get when you are 'cold', 'afraid', or 'excited'.