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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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