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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pins and needles
noun
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▪ Although the pins and needles in his legs could perhaps have been from loss of blood.
▪ Bobbie Cole tells us she has pins and needles in her toes - must be a good sign.
▪ Brady has had pains in his legs and pins and needles in his toes.
▪ But if she got pins and needles and had to move, it woke with a jump and crept forwards again.
▪ Her head spun and her left arm tingled painfully with pins and needles.
▪ She would be suffering from pins and needles.
Wiktionary
pins and needles

n. (context informal English) A tingling or prickling sensation, felt in a limb when a lack of circulation is relieved and in other situations.

WordNet
pins and needles

n. a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation

Wikipedia
Pins and Needles

Pins and Needles is an idiom revue with a book by Arthur Arent, Marc Blitzstein, Emmanuel Eisenberg, Charles Friedman, David Gregory, Joseph Schrank, Arnold B. Horwitt, John Latouche, and Harold Rome and music and lyrics by Harold Rome. The title Pins and Needles was created by Max Danish, long-time editor of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU)'s newspaper Justice. It ran on Broadway from 1937 to 1940, was revived in 1978, and produced again in London in 2010 to positive reviews. In 2016, the show ran at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York City, where it was produced by the Steinhardt School at New York University. The revue was also performed in 1938 in the White House for Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Pins and Needles (Chris Caffery album)

Pins and Needles is a 2007 album by Savatage guitarist Chris Caffery.

Pins and Needles (song)

"Pins and Needles" is a single by New Zealand rock band Opshop. It was released in April 2010, and charted on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number 20. The post-apocalyptic themed video was filmed using blue-screen technology.

Pins and Needles (The Birthday Massacre album)

Pins and Needles is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band The Birthday Massacre. The album was released on September 14, 2010. The first single and video from the album, "In the Dark," premiered on September 7, 2010, directed and edited by M.Falcore and Rodrigo Gudiño of Rue Morgue.

Pins and Needles (disambiguation)

Pins and needles, or paresthesia, is the physical sensation of tingling, pricking, or numbness.

Pins and Needles may also refer to:

  • Pins and Needles, a 1937 musical revue with a book by various authors
  • Pins and Needles (The Birthday Massacre album)
  • Pins and Needles (Chris Caffery album)
  • "Pins and Needles" (song), a song by Opshop

Usage examples of "pins and needles".

When he swam back to consciousness with an excruciating tingle of pins and needles down the length of his side, he found himself in a space-suit again.

He stood up, pins and needles in his legs, his thoughts turning desperately to how he might arm himself.

From what Stuart knew of the Kloros nerve weapons, the man should be in an agony of pins and needles about now.

But while Mallenbrandt, the lieutenant commander, and the upper-class monitor were flinging questions at Buschmann all together, I began to have pins and needles, superficially at first, on the back of my neck.