English
tingle
see also: Tingle
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈtɪŋɡəl/
Verb

tingle (tingles, present participle tingling; past and past participle tingled)

  1. (intransitive) To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
    • 1913, Eleanor Porter, Pollyanna, Chapter 8:
      For five minutes Pollyanna worked swiftly, deftly, combing a refractory curl into fluffiness, perking up a drooping ruffle at the neck, or shaking a pillow into plumpness so that the head might have a better pose. Meanwhile the sick woman, frowning prodigiously, and openly scoffing at the whole procedure, was, in spite of herself, beginning to tingle with a feeling perilously near to excitement.
  2. (transitive) To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
    Tingle your tastebuds with these exotic dishes.
  3. (intransitive) To ring, to tinkle.
  4. (transitive) To cause to ring, to tinkle.
    • 1874, Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark, fit 2:
      […] the Captain they trusted so well
      Had only one notion for crossing the ocean,
      And that was to tingle his bell.
  5. (intransitive) To make ringing sounds; to twang.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 13
      Sideways leaning, we sideways darted; every ropeyarn tingling like a wire; the two tall masts buckling like Indian canes in land tornadoes.
    • sharp tingling bells
Synonyms
  • (to feel a prickly sensation) itch
  • (to ring, cause to ring) tinkle
Translations Noun

tingle (plural tingles)

  1. A prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
Translations
Tingle
Proper noun
  1. Surname


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