tingle

verb tingles · tingling · tingled

1. intransitive To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation. My hands were tingling from the cold.
2. intransitive To feel an ASMR response. I tingled
3. transitive To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation. Tingle your tastebuds with these exotic dishes.
4. transitive To cause to feel an ASMR response. tingle someone
5. intransitive To ring; to tinkle or twang. Sideways leaning, we sideways darted; every ropeyarn tingling like a wire; the two tall masts buckling like Indian canes in land tornadoes.
6. transitive To cause to ring, to tinkle. Jackson, the butler, older of course, and altered he can see at a glance, opens the door almost before his hand is off the bell he has only gently tingled.

   Similar: tinkle

Similar: itch

noun tingles

1. A prickling or mildly stinging sensation; frisson.
2. in plural An ASMR response. get/give tingles
3. A tingling sound; a chime or tinkle. Their every chime, ring, and tingle sings with joy and makes wonderful music as they dance with the swirling winds of nature.

noun tingles

1. A nail of the very smallest size; a tack. From the diminutive "tingle" or baby tack up to the massive ship spike, almost every kind of nail is shown, not only in iron and steel, but also in copper, zinc, and brass,, and on the partition will be noticed a somewhat novel application of nails.
2. A patch that covers a hole in something that needs to be watertight, such as a roof or a boat. If damage is localised then you may easily tingle it over and a perfectly good sound job may be made with a tingle. Metal tingles are not ; they require a lot of fastenings and even then are not easily made really watertight.
3. An attachment in the middle of a long guide line to keep it from sagging. The tingle is fastened on the top of the brick by a small pat of mortar, on which is placed a piece of brick to keep the tingle firm.

verb tingles · tingling · tingled

1. transitive To fasten with a tingle; to tack. Tingle the middle down by placing a tingle at the toe, and a couple at the joints.
2. transitive To patch with a tingle; to cover a hole in something that requires it to be watertight. If damage is localised then you may easily tingle it over and a perfectly good sound job may be made with a tingle.
3. transitive To secure the middle of a guide line by means of a tingle. If there is much length of line it will require tingling up to keep it from sagging. To tingle a line it is best to have a plumbing place at that point were the tingle is to be fixed so as to ensure the work beging kept true.

proper noun Tingles

1. A surname.