tingle
verb
tin·gle
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tingled;
tingling\ ˈtiŋ-g(ə-)liŋ
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Definition of tingle
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a
: to feel a ringing, stinging, prickling, or thrilling sensation
b
: to cause such a sensation
2
: tinkle sense 1
tingle
noun
plural tingles
Definition of tingle (Entry 2 of 2)
: a tingling sensation : a usually slight ringing, stinging, prickling, or thrilling sensation
She felt a tingle of excitement/anticipation. It offers the palate-pleasing tingle of a bubbly soda with a much-simplified ingredient list of often nothing more than water and carbonation.— Chelsey Dulaney Soon my thinking cleared up, but the surges renewed — pain, and a frisson of electricity around the eye, into the cheek, a vague tingle.— Sallie Tisdale
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Other Words from tingle
Verb
tinglingly
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adverb
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adverb
tingly
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adjective
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adjective
Examples of tingle in a Sentence
Verb
My arm was numb and tingling. awoke to the steady pitter-patter of raindrops tingling on the rooftopRecent Examples on the Web: Verb
The accident happened on the final spine-tingling scramble 400 feet up to the top of the world famous precipice. — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, "Woman falls 500 feet to her death from cables at Half Dome in Yosemite," 6 Sep. 2019 The pain, numbness, tingling, and weakness can extend from your upper back to your lower back and into your arms and legs. — Korin Miller, SELF, "You Could Have a Herniated Disc Without Even Realizing It," 11 Sep. 2018 Your entire body tingled with the intersection of joy and indestructibility and fearlessness and that good anxious recklessness. — Michael Arceneaux, Essence, "How Writer Bassey Ikpi Intricately Weaves The Art Of Storytelling In Her Memoir About Mental Illness," 13 Aug. 2019 The side effects can range from headache and flushing to numbness and tingling, weakness and more. — Heloise, Washington Post, "Hints From Heloise: What goes in a Waldorf salad?," 31 July 2019 Hives and muscle weakness. Numbness and tingling in her arms and legs. — Michelle Stacey, Allure, "Why Everyone Is Talking About Breast Implant Safety Right Now," 29 July 2019 The symptoms leading up to fainting are dizziness, disorientation, flushing, tingling, loss of vision, and nausea. — Sonja Haller, USA TODAY, "Woman warns of rare condition after child's scary reaction to hair curling: 'Look it up'," 19 July 2019 My fingers tingled for my phone, to refresh Twitter and check WhatsApp. — Nupur Anand, Quartz India, "Ten days of utter silence pulled me back from the brink of a mental breakdown," 2 July 2019 Holland's spidey senses were tingling just in the knick of time Spider-Man is on fire! — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, "Tom Holland Runs Away from Flames After Nearly Catching on Fire During Man About Town Photo Shoot," 12 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tingle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for tingle
tingle
verb
English Language Learners Definition of tingle
: to have a feeling like the feeling of many small sharp points pressing into your skin
: to feel an emotion (such as excitement) very strongly
See the full definition for tingle in the English Language Learners Dictionary
tingle
verb
tin·gle
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tingled;
tingling
Kids Definition of tingle
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to feel or cause a prickling or thrilling sensation
Back and forth the ball flew until Henry's hands began to tingle from the smack of leather against them.— Beverly Cleary, Henry Huggins
tingle
nounKids Definition of tingle (Entry 2 of 2)
: a prickling or thrilling sensation or condition
tingle
intransitive verb
tin·gle
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tingled;
tingling\ -g(ə-)liŋ
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Medical Definition of tingle
: to feel a stinging or prickling sensation