Tingle

Quick meaning: Tingle is a verb meaning (intransitive) To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.

Meaning

(intransitive) To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
2. (intransitive) To ring; to tinkle or twang.
3. (transitive) To cause to ring, to tinkle.
4. A prickling or mildly stinging sensation; frisson.
5. A tingling sound; a chime or tinkle.
6. A nail of the very smallest size; a tack.
7. A patch that covers a hole in something that needs to be watertight, such as a roof or a boat.

Example Sentences

My hands were tingling from the cold.

Tingle your tastebuds with these exotic dishes.

I got hit in the butt yesterday, and it still tingles.

They delightfully ring to greet the rising sun and still tingle during the darkest night.

Word Forms

• tingles
• tingling
• tingled

Synonyms for tingle

Depending on context, synonyms include itch, tinkle, frisson, quiver, thrill, shudder.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include prickling, prickle, shiver, frisson, shudder, thrill.

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