tingling
發麻; 麻刺感; 麻感
Tin·gle v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tingled p. pr. & vb. n. Tingling ]
1. To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound.
At which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. --1 Sam. iii. 11.
2. To feel a sharp, thrilling pain.
The pale boy senator yet tingling stands. --Pope.
3. To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation.
They suck pollution through their tingling vein. --Tickell.
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tingling
adj 1: exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or
twitching movements [syn: tickling, titillating]
2: causing or experiencing a painful shivering feeling as from
many tiny pricks; "a prickling blush of embarrassment";
"the tingling feeling in a foot that has gone to sleep";
"a stinging nettle"; "the stinging windblown sleet" [syn:
prickling, stinging]
n : a prickling somatic sensation as from many tiny pricks [syn:
prickling, tingle]