Definition

1. Noun:

   • A prickling or stinging sensation: A physical feeling on the skin, often described as many small, sharp points, like pins and needles.
   • A thrill or shiver of excitement or emotion: A brief, often pleasurable, feeling of excitement, fear, or anticipation that runs through the body.

2. Verb:

   • To feel or cause a prickling or stinging sensation: To experience or produce a light, sharp, prickly feeling on the skin or in a part of the body.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:

  • After my foot fell asleep, I felt a strange tingle as the blood returned.
  • A tingle of excitement ran down her spine as the concert began.

• Verb:

  • My fingers tingle in the cold winter air.
  • The fizzy drink made my tongue tingle.

Advanced Usage

• "to tingle with": to be filled with a strong, often exciting, emotion.
  • She was tingling with anticipation before her big presentation.

Variants and Related Words

• Tingling (noun/adj): The sensation or state of tingling.
  • He felt a persistent tingling in his arm.
• Tingly (adj): Causing or characterized by a tingling sensation.
  • The lotion had a cool, tingly effect.

Synonyms

• Noun (Sensation): Prickle, sting, pins and needles.
• Noun (Emotion): Thrill, shiver, frisson.
• Verb: Prickle, sting.

Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions

(This word is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its meaning is typically expressed directly.)

Related Idioms

• "to make one's spine tingle": to cause a strong feeling of excitement, fear, or thrill.
  • The ghost story was so scary it made my spine tingle.

Noun

1. a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles
2. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
   • a frisson of surprise shot through him

Verb

1. cause a stinging or tingling sensation