exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
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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.
"Every time I wake up in the morning I say, `Is anything numb. Is anything tingling.
The researchers said the infected people can sometimes feel the worm in their throat in a "tingling" sensation and cough up the worm within 48 hours.
Animated by tingling metal, punctuated by guitar and harp flourishes, and personalised by ruefully lyrical wind and horn, the scoring lacks the sustaining strength of strings.
The common symptoms, sometimes called the Chinese restaurant syndrome, are numbness, tingling or burning in the upper chest, neck and face.
And you realise how clever Ackland has been at balancing the need of an audience for a spine tingling melodrama and his own desire to create a character of classically tragic stature. Richmond Theatre until 18 April, then on tour.
A couple of hours strolling in a 'mild breeze' is enough to wind-blast one to tingling exhaustion.