Definitions
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- noun The
bumps on a person's skin, at the base of body hair, which may involuntarily develop when a person is cold or experiences strong emotions.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation
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Examples
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A trickle of new singles in recent times suggested a return to their speedy, fuzzy mid-90s form, but few could have dared hope Majesty Shredding would be this good – Digging for Something, Slow Drip, Fractures in Plaster, to name but three, are as canny, catchy and goosebump-exciting as anything they've written.
Superchunk: Majesty Shredding Tom Hughes 2010
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This 13th century mystic poet delivers goosebump moments with every word, and clears the channels to my heart.
Stephanie Bennett Vogt: A Few of My Favorite Things to Inspire a Clear and Spacious New Year Stephanie Bennett Vogt 2011
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The classically-trained tenor has been singing the anthem at Blackhawks hockey games at the United Center for four seasons now, and his full-throated vibrato makes for a goosebump-imparting anthem.
Bears-Pack: 'Idol' Winner Takes Back Seat To Local Star For National Anthem Will Guzzardi 2011
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Or I guess I mean hell's summer, her nasal bone burrowed into my levator, her wet smile making the hairs along my neckline straighten, each one exclamated with a goosebump.
Pectoralis Minor Johnny Dantonio 2010
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The classically-trained tenor has been singing the anthem at Blackhawks hockey games at the United Center for four seasons now, and his full-throated vibrato makes for a goosebump-imparting anthem.
Bears-Pack: 'Idol' Winner Takes Back Seat To Local Star For National Anthem Will Guzzardi 2011
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The classically-trained tenor has been singing the anthem at Blackhawks hockey games at the United Center for four seasons now, and his full-throated vibrato makes for a goosebump-imparting anthem.
Bears-Pack: 'Idol' Winner Takes Back Seat To Local Star For National Anthem Will Guzzardi 2011
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Whatever issues they may have had, they look to be resolved, as the images to be found in this teaser are goosebump-inducing.
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Whatever issues they may have had, they look to be resolved, as the images to be found in this teaser are goosebump-inducing.
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My point is that “goosebump-inducing” is a perfectly appropriate reaction.
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The classically-trained tenor has been singing the anthem at Blackhawks hockey games at the United Center for four seasons now, and his full-throated vibrato makes for a goosebump-imparting anthem.
Bears-Pack: 'Idol' Winner Takes Back Seat To Local Star For National Anthem Will Guzzardi 2011
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