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# tingle

«tingle» in Mova's school dictionary: **When a part of your body tingles, you feel lots of tiny…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (tingle, tingles, tingled, tingling); noun (a tingle, tingles)

### meaning for a pupil

1) When a part of your body tingles, you feel lots of tiny prickles in it, like pins and needles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tingle/#m1)

2) To tingle with a feeling, such as excitement or fear, means to feel it strongly all over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tingle/#m2)

3) A tingle is that light prickly feeling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tingle/#m3)

### sense 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tingle/#x1)
- Her fingers tingled when she warmed them by the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tingle/#x2)
- I tingled with excitement before the school play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tingle/#x3)
- A tingle ran down his spine when he heard the creaky door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tingle/#x4)
- Mint toothpaste makes my mouth tingle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tingle/#x5)
- The cold water made my skin tingle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tingle/#x6)
- If your arm tingles for a long time, tell an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tingle/#x7)
- Then he began to feel a curious tingling sensation all over him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tingle/#x8)

### 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).

### Trees and pragmatics

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