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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TIN'GLE, v.i. [L. tinnio.]
1. To feel a kind of thrilling sound.
At which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 2 Samuel 3.
2. To feel a sharp thrilling pain.
The pale boy senator yet tingling stands.
3. To have a thrilling sensation, or a sharp slight penetrating sensation.
They suck pollution through their tingling veins.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him" [syn: frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle]
2: a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles [syn: prickling, tingle, tingling] v
1: cause a stinging or tingling sensation [syn: tingle, prickle]

Merriam Webster's

intransitive verb (tingled; tingling) Etymology: Middle English, alteration of tinklen to tinkle, tingle Date: 14th century 1. a. to feel a ringing, stinging, prickling, or thrilling sensation b. to cause such a sensation 2. tinkle 1 • tingle noun • tinglingly adverb • tingly adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 intr. a feel a slight prickling, stinging, or throbbing sensation. b cause this (the reply tingled in my ears). 2 tr. make (the ear etc.) tingle. --n. a tingling sensation. Etymology: ME, perh. var. of TINKLE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tingle Tin"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tingling.] [Freq. of ting. Cf. Tinkle.] 1. To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound. At which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. --1 Sam. iii. 11. 2. To feel a sharp, thrilling pain. The pale boy senator yet tingling stands. --Pope. 3. To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation. They suck pollution through their tingling vein. --Tickell.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(tingles, tingling, tingled) 1. When a part of your body tingles, you have a slight stinging feeling there. The backs of his thighs tingled. VERB: V • tingling Its effects on the nervous system include weakness, paralysis, and tingling in the hands and feet. 2. If you tingle with a feeling such as excitement, you feel it very strongly. She tingled with excitement... When I look over and see Terry I tingle all over. VERB: V with n, V • Tingle is also a noun. I felt a sudden tingle of excitement. N-COUNT: usu sing

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. Have a pricking sensation.

Moby Thesaurus

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