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English Dictionary: tingling by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tingling
adj
  1. exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
    Synonym(s): tickling, tingling, titillating
n
  1. a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles [syn: prickling, tingle, tingling]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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