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# goosebump

«goosebump» in Mova's school dictionary: **tiny bumps that appear on your skin when you are cold…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a goosebump, goosebumps — mostly used in the plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Goosebumps are tiny bumps that appear on your skin when you are cold, scared or very excited. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goosebump/#m1)

2) Something that «gives you goosebumps» makes you feel thrilled, scared or deeply moved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goosebump/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, goosebumps happen when tiny muscles at the bottom of each hair pull the hair upright; in furry animals this traps warm air or makes them look bigger. In stories, goosebumps show that a character is frightened or amazed. Phrases: get goosebumps, give someone goosebumps, come out in goosebumps. Also called «goose pimples» or «goose flesh».

### examples

- I got goosebumps when I jumped into the cold pool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goosebump/#x1)
- The spooky story gave everyone goosebumps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goosebump/#x2)
- Her arms were covered in goosebumps in the chilly wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goosebump/#x3)
- Hearing the choir sing gave me goosebumps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goosebump/#x4)
- Goosebumps happen when tiny muscles make your hairs stand up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goosebump/#x5)
- A cat's fur puffs up for the same reason we get goosebumps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goosebump/#x6)

### note

Usually plural: goosebumps (one goosebump is rare). Also written «goose bumps». Named after the bumpy skin of a plucked goose. Not a rash or illness.

### In the corpora

- [Goosebumps happen when tiny muscles pull hairs upright; in furry animals this fluffs up the fur to trap warm air or look bigger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/263-human-body-deeper-bones-muscles-and-skin/15/)
- [Goosebumps are left from ancestors with fur: tiny muscles fluffed the fur up to keep warm or look bigger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/280-evolution-myths-put-right-monkeys-the-strongest-and-missing-links/16/)
- [Some people get goosebumps from music they love, and scientists are still studying why.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «goosebump» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goosebump/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.