tingle
/ˈtɪŋɡəl/ verb C1- To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation. · My hands were tingling from the cold.· I got hit in the butt yesterday, and it still tingles.
- To feel an ASMR response. · I tingled· This made me tingle
- To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation. · Tingle your tastebuds with these exotic dishes.
- To cause to feel an ASMR response. · tingle someone
- To ring; to tinkle or twang.
- To cause to ring, to tinkle.
He/she/it tingles · Past tingled · Past participle tingled · -ing form tingling
Verb forms
- Base form
- tingle
- He/she/it
- tingles
- Past
- tingled
- Past participle
- tingled
- -ing form
- tingling
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Frosty mornings, tingling thumbs,
No wonder that Anne went to bed that night with tingling cheeks!
My nerves, which were steady enough on the field of battle tingled as I thought of it.
Jane had assured her that it was warranted to produce any number of thrills, or words to that effect, and Anne’s fingers tingled to reach out for it.
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