TINGLING

tickling, tingling, titillating

(adjective) exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements

prickling, tingle, tingling

(noun) a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

tingling (plural tinglings)

A tingling sensation; pins and needles.

Verb

tingling

present participle of tingle

Anagrams

• glinting

Source: Wiktionary


TINGLE

Tin"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tingling.] Etym: [Freq. of ting. Cf. Tinkle.]

1. To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound. At which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 1 Sam. iii. 11.

2. To feel a sharp, thrilling pain. The pale boy senator yet tingling stands. Pope.

3. To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation. They suck pollution through their tingling vein. Tickell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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