tingle

[ ting-guhl ]

verb (used without object)

, tin·gled, tin·gling.

1. to have a sensation of slight prickles, stings, or tremors, as from cold, a sharp blow, excitement, etc.:

   I tingle all over.

2. to cause such a sensation:

   The scratch tingles.

noun

1. a tingling sensation.
2. the tingling action of cold, a blow, excitement, etc.

   Synonyms: flutter, thrill

tingle

/ ˈtɪŋɡəl /

verb

1. usually intr to feel or cause to feel a prickling, itching, or stinging sensation of the flesh, as from a cold plunge or electric shock

noun

1. a sensation of tingling

Derived Forms

• ˈtingly, adjective
• ˈtinglingly, adverb
• ˈtingling, adjective
• ˈtingler, noun

Other Words From

• tingler noun
• tingling·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of tingle¹

1350–1400; Middle English tinglen (v.), variant of tinkle

Word History and Origins

Origin of tingle¹

C14: perhaps a variant of tinkle

Example Sentences

Even so, Facebook’s pain — at least for now — has been more like a tingle than an ache.

From Digiday

This recipe calls for enough to have a pleasant tingle, but you can increase or decrease the quantity based on your spice preferences.

From Washington Post

Hours of pepper spray and tear gas had left an unpleasant tingle in the air.

From Washington Post

It glides on so smoothly and gives a little bit of a tingle.

From Fortune

When you wake up, you can feel a tingle along the skin between your fingers.

From MIT Technology Review

Scrolling through this hate-filled manifesto for the first time made the hairs on my arm tingle with discomfort.

From The Daily Beast

Either way, guests seeking a holiday getaway there can also enjoy a tingle of telling truth to power by posting their own reviews.

From The Daily Beast

Once on my face, my skin began to tingle and my eyes started to water, or maybe I was crying because I was so hungry.

From The Daily Beast

Feel your scalp tingle as my voice gently surprises you from behind.

From The Daily Beast

Who does not get a tingle at the thought of how they would respond of they knew the full truth.

From The Daily Beast

It sent a pleasant tingle through his veins and made that injured arm of his ache again.

From Project Gutenberg

Lowell straightened up suddenly, a tingle of apprehension running through him.

From Project Gutenberg

One day Tilly told Grace a story that caused every nerve in his body to tingle, and he scarcely could keep from crying out.

From Project Gutenberg

The stimulated blood courses through my veins with a pleasing tingle.

From Project Gutenberg

Digby leaped nimbly aside, and hit his right arm a blow which made it tingle from the shoulder to the tips of the fingers.

From Project Gutenberg