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Tingling

Tingle \Tin"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tingling.] [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.

Wiktionary
tingling

n. A tingle sensation; pins and needles. vb. (present participle of tingle English)

WordNet
tingling
  1. adj. exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements [syn: tickling, titillating]

  2. causing or experiencing a painful shivering feeling as from many tiny pricks; "a prickling blush of embarrassment"; "the tingling feeling in a foot that has gone to sleep"; "a stinging nettle"; "the stinging windblown sleet" [syn: prickling, stinging]

  3. n. a prickling somatic sensation as from many tiny pricks [syn: prickling, tingle]

Usage examples of "tingling".

In a surprised sound, my breath escaped when the tingling at my scar surged.

It rolled over his skin, ruffling the black fur with waves of raw, tingling power.

She felt the power rise even more quickly this time, a tingling flow that brought her transformation in a rush.

He threw back his head and shuddered, clutching her hips, grinding against her until the last tingling spasm eased.

The tingling in her body protested that the touch of his lips was heaven, no mistake about it.

The sudden heat on the back of her neck and the tingling down her spine a now familiar sensation.

Wrong answer, Adam thought, fiercely resisting the wild impulses that had his fingers tingling, his blood quickening, heaviness spreading to his groin.

A strange tingling rippled across her skin as he settled his hips between her legs and rubbed against her sex.

The chimaera crawled outside as the Mouvar weapon sagged in his tingling fingers.

Kelvin found himself weak and gasping and tingling all over, just outside the door.

His gauntlets were tingling a mild warning, and that could mean that he should act while acting was still possible.

The gauntlets had been very faintly tingling, not really signaling danger but suggesting that he should move right along to avoid it.

In fact, they had been tingling that way for the past day or so, as if they, too, wanted to get this matter over and done with.

Basque grammar, when he felt a tingling at the roots of the hair on the nape of his neck.

Steam billowed past him into the cool air, which felt bracing on his skin, still tight and tingling from the heat.