Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To have a prickling, stinging sensation, as from cold, a sharp slap, or excitement: tingled all over with joy.
- v. To cause a prickling, stinging sensation or feeling: The straw tingled.
- v. To cause to tingle.
- n. A prickly or stinging sensation.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To make a succession of clear ringing sounds; jingle; tinkle.
- To have a prickling or stinging sensation, as with cold; experience a sensation of thrills or slight prickly pains, as from a sudden tremulous excitement of the nerves.
- To cause a tingling sensation; act so as to produce a prickling or thrilling effect.
- To cause to tingle; ring; tinkle.
- n. A tink or tinkle; a tinkling sound.
- n. A tingling sensation; a state of nervous prickling or thrilling.
Wiktionary
- v. To have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
- v. To make ringing sounds, to twang.
- n. A prickling or stinging sensation.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound.
- v. To feel a sharp, thrilling pain.
- v. To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation.
WordNet 3.0
- v. cause a stinging or tingling sensation
- n. a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles
- n. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
Etymologies
- Middle English tinglen, alteration of tinklen; see tinkle. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“September 1st, 2009 4: 53 pm ET oh my god, the tingle is wearing off.”
“Everywhere else, the old tingle is going, if not gone.”
“Darryl flirts with Kelly, the sheer comedic potential of this relationship makes my brain tingle with delight.”
“Nonetheless, the only passage in My Life with any erotic tingle is Clinton's recollection of watching, entranced, as his mother put on her makeup, brushed her hair, painted on her nonexistent eyebrows.”
“He squinted down the length of the blade at the sink, feeling the power within the sword tingle against his palm.”
“David Jarrard, assistant director of the Shellfish Association of Great Britain, said: "At the moment the tingle is a localised problem around the Solent, but all stocks could be affected if it spread down the south coast or around to Essex.”
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“A second recalled the tingle he felt when his family showed him how to add cane alcohol to coffee as a folk medicine "remedio" at the tender age of seven.”
“- ill believe it when I can bring it home just now, -0/+1The only thing I've seen that's given me a tingle is the Microsoft Surface project.”
“Matthews himself stressed that he had never actually used the word "tingle," but that he reacted physically when people, such as Obama, stirred his feelings of patriotism about the United States.”
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“AND whatever mystery dressing was on it made my mouth tingle ... and by 'tingle' I mean burn uncontrollably ... and my eyes water ... and my nose run it was not a fun experience”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tingle’.
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[Open] Frequentative
“A verb which denotes the frequent occurrence or repetition of an action, as . . . waggle from wag.” — Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia.
Other examples include bobble (bob), bustle (b...dartle, stutter, agitate, dabble, waggle, aid, argue, daunt, expect, excite, espouse, dictate and 77 more...
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Drabble-writing prompt words
Words that are good prompts for writing drabbles (fanfic)
blasphemy, miscreant, je taime, phantasmagoria, lottery, dustup, whizz-bang, maelstrom, tryst, secret alliance, skinny dipping, tingle and 8 more...
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VNCle
N stands for 'nasal', not 'n'
pimple, bungle, spindle, handle, amble, humble, simple, dimple, winkle, tinkle, single, dingle and 53 more...
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The Legend of Zelda
dungeon, ocarina, rupee, triforce, ganon, link, ganondorf, impa, hyrule, majora, mask, temple and 194 more...
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scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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adamogiovane's Words
older woman, younger man, age gap relationship, non-fiction, sensuality, relationship, life, sex, love, hugs, kisses, breast and 147 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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schinders's Words
persiflage, preterition, quidnunc, finick, termagant, otiose, magniloquent, weltschmerz, schadenfreude, piehole, malevolent, susurrus and 132 more...
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beatricks's Words
tremendous, naiad, thrush, samsara, thronging, nascent, broom, aristeia, streak, susurrant, reverberate, resistentialism and 352 more...
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Mary and Max (2009)
Words from 2009 'Mary and Max' film.
muddy, puddle, birthmark, piggyback, pensive, gumnut, pompom, salvage, takeaway, oven, shed, deliberate and 112 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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Delicious Words
The stuff that fit its descript. so well you can almost taste it on your tongue or feel the sting against your skin.
gurgle, grubby, tangy, bolt, spring, skid, shudder, thud, thump, spit, lush, pop and 91 more...
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librarygoblin's words
crystal, ghost, mist, snow, labyrinth, citadel, tomb, mystery, arcane, conundrum, echo, dynamo and 389 more...
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favorite words
ennui, bonhomie, eschew, liaison, serendipity, lovely, dusk, kitten, epitome, sexy, beloved, darling and 396 more...
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Interesting New Mexico Place Names
This list is a blatant rip-off, and I don't care. :-P I fudged a bit, including names of some ghost towns that may or may not still exist. Because ghost towns are freakin' awesome.
tucumcari, angel fire, villanueva, white sands, cuba, moriarty, mountainair, jemez, loving, chimayó, hatch, shiprock and 100 more...
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New Words
smarmy, purge, linger, shimmer, fiercely, frantically, shove, grunt, errand, clench, wriggle, squeeze and 168 more...
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