TINGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tingle mean? 

• TINGLE (noun)
  The noun TINGLE has 2 senses:

1. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

2. a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings

  Familiarity information: TINGLE used as a noun is rare.

• TINGLE (verb)
  The verb TINGLE has 1 sense:

1. cause a stinging or tingling sensation

  Familiarity information: TINGLE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TINGLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An almost pleasurable sensation of fright

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

chill; frisson; quiver; shiver; shudder; thrill; tingle

Context example:

a frisson of surprise shot through him

Hypernyms ("tingle" is a kind of...):

fear; fearfulness; fright (an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight))

Derivation:

tingle (cause a stinging or tingling sensation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A somatic sensation as from many tiny stings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

prickling; tingle; tingling

Hypernyms ("tingle" is a kind of...):

somaesthesia; somatesthesia; somatic sensation; somesthesia (the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tingle"):

pins and needles (a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation)

Derivation:

tingle (cause a stinging or tingling sensation)

• TINGLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they tingle    ... he / she / it tingles   
Past simple: tingled   
Past participle: tingled   
-ing form: tingling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause a stinging or tingling sensation

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

prickle; tingle

Hypernyms (to "tingle" is one way to...):

itch (have or perceive an itch)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody's (body part) ----s

Derivation:

tingle (a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings)

tingle (an almost pleasurable sensation of fright)

tingling (a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings)

 Context examples 

A substance being studied in the treatment of peripheral neuropathy (pain, numbness, tingling, burning, or weakness in the hands or feet) caused by chemotherapy.

(Baclofen/amitriptyline/ketamine gel, NCI Dictionary)

My dear, my dear, your ears must tingle as you sleep, as mine do waking.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Clinical signs usually include tingling or numbness with onset in middle-age.

(Acroparesthesia Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It is also being studied in the treatment of hand-foot syndrome (a condition marked by pain, swelling, numbness, tingling, or redness of the hands or feet) in patients receiving chemotherapy.

(Lactic acid, NCI Dictionary)

In a tingle of fear I was already running down the village street, and making for the path which I had so lately descended.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“She is indeed,” cried Alleyne from his heart, all tingling at this sudden turn of the talk.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The first symptom is usually weakness or a tingling feeling in your legs.

(Guillain-Barre Syndrome, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

A question about an individual's distress related to their physical problems with tingling in hands or feet.

(Distress over Physical Problem with Tingling in Hands or Feet, NCI Thesaurus)

I tingle again from head to foot as my recollection turns that corner, and my pen shakes in my hand.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A tingling long-lost sense of pleasure often came across me during this journey.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)