Meanings
noungoose bump (plural goose bumps)
plural goose bumps · alternative goosebump · alternative goose-bump
- in pluralRaised skin, usually caused by the involuntary erection of hairs on the neck or arms caused by cold, excitement, or fear.
Synonyms: goose pimple, goose skin, goose flesh, chicken skin
Synonyms & antonyms
nounRaised skin, usually caused by the involuntary erection of hairs on the neck or arms caused by cold, excitement, or fear.
More synonyms by meaning
nounreflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From the resemblance of goose bumps to the bumps on the skin of a plucked goose.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans hoendervleis
- hoendervleisraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Arabic قُشَعْرِيرَة
- قُشَعْرِيرَة (qušaʕrīra)raised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Catalan pell de gallina, pell anserina
- pell de gallinaraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
- pell anserinaraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Chinese Mandarin 雞皮疙瘩 /鸡皮疙瘩
- 雞皮疙瘩 /鸡皮疙瘩 (jīpígēda)raised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Czech husí kůže
- husí kůžeraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Danish gåsehud
- gåsehudraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Dutch kippenvel
- kippenvelraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Esperanto anserhaŭto
- anserhaŭtoraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Finnish kananliha
- kananliharaised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
French chair de poule
- chair de pouleraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
German Gänsehaut
- Gänsehautraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Greek ανατριχίλα
- ανατριχίλα (anatrichíla)raised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Hindi रौंगटे खड़े होना
- रौंगटे खड़े होना (rauṅgṭe khaṛe honā)raised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Hungarian libabőr, lúdbőr
- libabőrraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
- lúdbőrraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Icelandic gæsahúð
- gæsahúðraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Indonesian bulu kuduk
- bulu kudukraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Irish craiceann circe, craiceann gé (from gé, 'goose')
- craiceann circeraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
- craiceann gé (from gé, 'goose')raised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
- cáithníníraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Italian pelle d'oca
- pelle d'ocaraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Japanese 鳥肌
- 鳥肌 (torihada)raised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Korean 옴, 소름
- 옴 (om)raised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
- 소름 (soreum)raised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
- 닭살 (daksal)raised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Lithuanian žąsies oda
- žąsies odaraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Malay bulu roma
- bulu romaraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Māori wawana, hītaratara
- wawanaraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
- hītaratararaised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
- pukupukuraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
- mimikoraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Norwegian Bokmål gåsehud
- gåsehudraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Polish gęsia skórka
- gęsia skórkaraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Portuguese pele de galinha, arrepio
- pele de galinharaised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
- arrepioraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Punjabi ਰੁਮਾਂਚ
- ਰੁਮਾਂਚ (rumāñc)raised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Romanian piele de găină
- piele de găinăraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Russian гуси́ная ко́жа
- гуси́ная ко́жа (gusínaja kóža)raised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Spanish escalofrío, piel de gallina
- escalofríoraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
- piel de gallinaraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
- pelos de puntaraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
- carne de gallinaraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Swedish gåshud, ståpäls
- gåshudraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
- ståpälsraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Tagalog kulag, pangilabot
- kulagraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
- pangilabotraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Thai ขนลุก
- ขนลุก (kǒn-lúk)raised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Ukrainian мура́шки, гуся́ча шкі́ра
- мура́шки (murášky)raised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
- гуся́ча шкі́ра (husjáča škíra)raised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Vietnamese da gà
- da gàraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Welsh croen gŵydd
- croen gŵyddraised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear
Cite this entry
APA
goose bump. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goose%20bump
MLA
“goose bump.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goose%20bump. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goose bump,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goose%20bump.
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