tingle has definitions from the field of psychology
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[ verb ] cause a tingling sensation

Synonyms

prickle

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

The Percussive Twenties ( SP 44006 ) stirs pleasant memories with well-known songs of that day , and Johnny_Keating 's Kombo gives_forth with tingling jazz in Percussive_Moods ( SP 44005 ) .

(Francis Pollini, Night....)

He was tingling within .

He was again tingling with pleasure , seeing himself clearly in Slater 's shoes .

Related terms

itch prickling

2
[ noun ] an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

Examples

"a frisson of surprise shot through him"

Related terms

fear shudder

3
[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6833
4
[ noun ] (psychology) a prickling somatic sensation as from many tiny pricks

Synonyms

tingling prickling

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