What does tingle mean?

Definitions for tingle
ˈtɪŋ gəltin·gle

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tinglenoun

    an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

    "a frisson of surprise shot through him"

  2. prickling, tingle, tinglingverb

    a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles

  3. tingle, prickleverb

    cause a stinging or tingling sensation

Wiktionary

  1. tinglenoun

    A prickling or stinging sensation.

  2. tingleverb

    To have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Tingleverb

    Etymology: tingelen, Dutch.

    When our ear tingleth, we usually say that somebody is talking of us; which is an ancient conceit. Brown.

    The pale boy senator yet tingling stands. Alexander Pope.

    They suck pollution through their tingling veins. Thomas Tickell.

    In a palsy, sometimes the sensation or feeling is either totally abolished, or dull with a sense of tingling. Arbuthnot.

ChatGPT

  1. tingle

    Tingle refers to experiencing a slight prickling or stinging sensation, often due to a specific stimulus such as cold or touch. It can also refer to a feeling of excitement or anticipation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tingleverb

    to feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound

  2. Tingleverb

    to feel a sharp, thrilling pain

  3. Tingleverb

    to have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation

Wikidata

  1. Tingle

    Tingle is the video game character of the eponymous Tingle series. He was originally part of the The Legend of Zelda series, first appearing in Majora's Mask, released in the year 2000. Since his first appearance, he has appeared in each installment of the series up through Spirit Tracks, except for Twilight Princess. He has gone on to be the star of video games for the Nintendo DS: Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, currently released in Japan and Europe, and the Japan exclusive games Tingle's Balloon Fight DS, Irozuki Tincle no Koi no Balloon Trip, as well as the DSiWare application Dekisugi Tingle Pack.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Tingle

    ting′gl, v.i. to feel a thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound: to feel a sharp, thrilling pain: to tinkle.—v.t. to cause to tingle, to ring.—n. a tingling sensation.—adj. Ting′lish, capable of tingling or thrilling. [M. E. tinglen, a variant of tinklen, itself a freq. of tinken, to tink.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. TINGLE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tingle is ranked #7103 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Tingle surname appeared 4,712 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Tingle.

    82% or 3,868 total occurrences were White.
    13.4% or 635 total occurrences were Black.
    2.1% or 101 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.4% or 69 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.4% or 20 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.4% or 19 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tingle in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tingle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of tingle in a Sentence

  1. Noelle Gregoire:

    It’s like having a broken arm every single day of your life, expect it’s in your legs and back, it starts to tingle and then it hurts a lot after.

  2. Richard Craig:

    For me it is like my brain goes fuzzy, and I get this slight tingle.

  3. Richard Craig:

    ASMR is often described by those who experience it as' sparkling' or' staticky,' but tingles can vary for people, for me it is like my brain goes fuzzy, and I get this slight tingle.

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Translations for tingle

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  • PrickelnGerman
  • pistely, nipistellä, kihelmöidä, kihelmöinti, pistelläFinnish
  • picotementFrench
  • titillare, solletico, solleticareItalian
  • チクチクするJapanese
  • tirpšana, tirpoņa, notirpums, tirptLatvian
  • tī, ongaonga, tītī, nanamuMāori
  • kriebelenDutch
  • swędzenie, dzwonienie, mrowieniePolish
  • испытывать, покалываниеRussian

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