tingle
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈtɪŋɡəl/
:
hormigueo
- You feel a slight tingle on your skin when a cool breeze blows.
- feel the tingle
But it says cooling effect, refreshing tingle, and Sue's cracked soothe soothe.
- But it says cooling effect, refreshing tingle, and Sue's cracked soothe soothe.
- About a year to where the I still have tingling that, that that's never left.
- What type of travelling gives you the tingles?
- That buzz, that tingle that you're feeling is the process of change.
- Expansive may feel like a twinge or a tingle of excitement or joy or anticipation.
- I like the cool tingle it's very refreshing and this just has a nice shine.
- I'm going to be bringing you tingles, tingles, tingles for your little tiny ears, hand sounds.
- It's very deep and dark and tingly and you paint the perfect tingle with the vodka.
Examples
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There was, mingling with the familiar taste, a fruity tingle, faintly sweet.
Fiction book (1998) -
Ooh, I just got a tingle.
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And now I had the funny little tingle you get with a full house.
Fiction book (1994) -
I felt a little tingle.
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I bet Richard gets a tingle every time he takes a sip of coffee.
Fiction book (1990) -
You feel that tingle of the champagne on your lips?
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Almost at once, he felt that tingle in his spinal cord.
Fiction book (1997) -
In spite of himself, Claude felt a tingle of pride in his cousin.
Fiction book (1990) -
"The enthusiasm of the speaker made my blood tingle!" Taft said.
Academic text (2004) -
Still, she remembered the tingle of recognition when she had spied him at the Corwell festival.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
137
3.5
A feeling in your body from touch, pain, or heat
39
1.0
A light, tingling feeling on the skin that can make you laugh
22
3.4
A slight prickling feeling like many tiny pins touching the skin
3
9.8
A sudden shiver of excitement or fear that you feel in your body
1
2.8
A tingling feeling in the skin often felt after a hand or foot falls asleep
1
5.6
A tingling, slightly stinging feeling on the skin like many small pins
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tingle comes from the little sound word ting ('a small sharp sound') plus the ending -le that makes it feel like a small or repeated action. That's why a tingle is like many tiny 'taps' on your skin — a slight prickling or stinging feeling.