Definitions
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- noun A
tingling sensation ;pins and needles . - verb Present participle of
tingle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
- noun a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles
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Examples
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It tricks the brain, replacing her pain signals with what she describes as a tingling sensation.
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Titans left guard Jacob Bell will have tests for what team officials called a '' burner, '' a neck injury resulting in tingling or burning.
USATODAY.com 2007
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They are there, waiting backstage: eyes wide, breath quick, skin tingling, stomach twisting because they are attempting to fly without a net.
The Children of Theatre: A Manifesto | Living the Liminal 2007
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The sight of grizzlies always brings a certain tingling to the scalp and spine, and given the female grizzly's reputation for defending her young with awesome ferocity, it was just as well that those three were well over a mile away.
An Alaskan Sheep and Grizzly Hunting Adventure by Philip Caputo 2004
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They called the tingling and burning in my legs phantom feeling, in case I took it to mean I would walk again.
The Guardian World News Tim Rushby-Smith 2011
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There is something skin tingling about saying those words, āIām a writer.ā
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The tingling was the result of a growing fluid-filled bubble in his spine called a syrinx, also caused by the constriction.
Joel Schwartzberg: Head Trip: Who Do You Trust When Your Child's Surgeons Give Conflicting Advice? 2008
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The paresthesias which the victim usually describes as a tingling or prickling sensation may subsequently involve the fingers and toes, then spread to other portions of the extremities and gradually develop into severe numbness.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
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Pale pet, red pet, pink pet, blue pet, white pet, dark pet, real pet, fresh pet, all the tingling is the weeding, the close pressing is the tasting.
Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two Shorter Stories Gertrude Stein 1910
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The sensation, which happens without warning, is usually painless and described as tingling or numbness, skin crawling, or itching.
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