tingle
verb (tingle, tingles, tingled, tingling); noun (a tingle, tingles)
Everyday
- When a part of your body tingles, you feel lots of tiny prickles in it, like pins and needles. tree →
- To tingle with a feeling, such as excitement or fear, means to feel it strongly all over. tree →
- A tingle is that light prickly feeling. tree →
In the lessons
In science and health it describes how a hand or foot feels when blood comes back after it has «gone to sleep», or how cold fingers feel when they warm up. In stories it shows excitement or fear: «a tingle ran down her spine». Phrases: «tingle with excitement», «a tingle down your spine», «tingling fingers».
Examples
- My foot tingled after I sat on it for too long. tree →
- Her fingers tingled when she warmed them by the fire. tree →
- I tingled with excitement before the school play. tree →
- A tingle ran down his spine when he heard the creaky door. tree →
- Mint toothpaste makes my mouth tingle. tree →
- The cold water made my skin tingle. tree →
- If your arm tingles for a long time, tell an adult. tree →
- Then he began to feel a curious tingling sensation all over him. tree →
Note
Regular verb: tingled, tingling (drop the e). Tingle is a gentle feeling, not real pain. The noun is countable: «a tingle». Do not confuse with «tinkle» (a light ringing sound).
In Jewish tradition
Ears tingling means ringing with shock at terrible news.
Interpretation. Used for God's coming judgment. Tradition reads it as the horror of Eli's house's fall and of Jerusalem's destruction.
Examples
- And the LORD said to Samuel: 'Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. (Prophets 1SA.3.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Behold, I bring such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. (Prophets 2KI.21.12, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Regular verb: tingled, tingling (drop the e). Tingle is a gentle feeling, not real pain. The noun is countable: «a tingle». Do not confuse with «tinkle» (a light ringing sound).
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «tingle» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «tingle» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «tingle» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «tingle» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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