tingle

present singular third person tingles · participle present tingling · participle past tingled · past tingled

1. intransitiveTo feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.

   My hands were tingling from the cold.

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   I got hit in the butt yesterday, and it still tingles.

   For five minutes Pollyanna worked swiftly, deftly, combing a refractory curl into fluffiness, perking up a drooping ruffle at the neck, or shaking a pillow into plumpness so that the head might have a better pose. Meanwhile the sick woman, frowning prodigiously, and openly scoffing at the whole procedure, was, in spite of herself, beginning to tingle with a feeling perilously near to excitement.

   1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 8, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC

   1. intransitiveTo feel an ASMR response.

      I tingled

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      This made me tingle

2. transitiveTo cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.

   Tingle your tastebuds with these exotic dishes.

   1. transitiveTo cause to feel an ASMR response.

      tingle someone

3. intransitiveTo ring; to tinkle or twang.

   1859-1895, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round sharp tingling bells

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   Sideways leaning, we sideways darted; every ropeyarn tingling like a wire; the two tall masts buckling like Indian canes in land tornadoes.

   1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 13”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

   The wind-chime tingling of halyards slapping against masts, the constant creaking of wooden boats, the gurgling of water passing under the hull.

   1991, Michael L. Frankel, Sabra Crossing: An Ecological Adventure in the North Atlantic

   They delightfully ring to greet the rising sun and still tingle during the darkest night.

   2010, Joseph J. Mazzella, Walking the Path of Love, page 223

   At that precise moment, after a week of silence, the solar chime forcefully tingled, loudly and clearly, again and again.

   2021, Benita Glickman, Then and Now: Snapshots of My Life

4. transitiveTo cause to ring, to tinkle.

   […]the Captain they trusted so well Had only one notion for crossing the ocean, And that was to tingle his bell.

   1874–1876 (date written), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Fit the Fit the Second.⁠ The Bellman’s Speech.”, in The Hunting of the Snark […], London: Macmillan and Co., published March 1876, →OCLC

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   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.

   1874, Charles C. Duek, The abbey chimes, page 76

   Synonyms: tinkle

plural tingles

1. A prickling or mildly stinging sensation; frisson.
   1. in pluralAn ASMR response.

      get/give tingles

2. A tingling sound; a chime or tinkle.

   The tingle of a wind chime drifted to her on the ocean breeze.

   2014, Ally Blake, Marriage Make-Over

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   Their every chime, ring, and tingle sings with joy and makes wonderful music as they dance with the swirling winds of nature.

   2010, Joseph J. Mazzella, Walking the Path of Love, page 223

   The tingle of bells is crisp, cutting the Tibetan air with a clarity that feels like blue porcelain cracking against the endless chime of bells.

   2017, Laurence Brahm, Searching for Shangri-La, page 52

plural tingles

1. A nail of the very smallest size; a tack.

   Tingle the middle down by placing a tingle at the toe, and a couple at the joints.

   2016, A Classic Guide to Making and Repairing Vintage Shoes and Boots

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   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.

   1887, “The Exhibition and the Exhibits”, in The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend, page 91

   Figs. 16, 17, 18 show method of forming a double welt, notice the copper tack or tingle to same as further security.

   1910, Samuel Barlow Bennett, A Manual of Technical Plumbing and Sanitary Science, page 206

2. A patch that covers a hole in something that needs to be watertight, such as a roof or a boat.

   Nail the tingle to the sheathing between the two slates below the one being fixed .

   1992, Derek Bradford, Key Porter Books, Mike Lawrence, The Complete Home Renovation Manual, page 54

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   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.

   1956, World Fishing - Volume 5, page 54

   With tin snips, cut the tingle to shape (some people bend the edges over to form a 1/4-inch hem), and lather it with polysulfide seam compound.

   1980 July-December, John Pazereskis, “Wood Boat Seam Repairs”, in Cruising World, page 48

   The appearance of this basically unattractive repair can be marginally improved by making the tingle larger than is structurally necessary and then give it long chamfers to fair it in.

   1984, David Derrick, Boat Maintenance, page 35

   A thin chamfered tingle (A) was fitted to the outboard face of the largest board and a thicker example (B) to the inboard face.

   2000, Carole A. Morris, Craft, Industry and Everyday Life, page 2380

   The tools, tingle, and copper nails may be contained in a smaller bag called the carpenter's bag. A piece of felt or fearnought is included, to be placed over a hole under the tingle.

   2006, A Seaman's Pocket-Book: June 1943, page 81

3. businessAn attachment in the middle of a long guide line to keep it from sagging.

   To prevent a long line sagging, it can be given intermediate support with a tingle plate.

   2013, Michael Hammett, Brickwork and Paving: For House and Garden

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   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.

   1915 February, “British Method of Laying Bricks”, in Building Age, volume 37, page 68

   a tingle is used to prevent the line from sagging in the middle if it is being used on a long wall

   1983, W. G. Nash, Brickwork - Volume 1, page 76

present singular third person tingles · participle present tingling · participle past tingled · past tingled

1. transitiveTo fasten with a tingle; to tack.

   Tingle the middle down by placing a tingle at the toe, and a couple at the joints.

   2016, A Classic Guide to Making and Repairing Vintage Shoes and Boots

2. transitiveTo patch with a tingle; to cover a hole in something that requires it to be watertight.

   To put her on the other tack while we tingle a started butt would lose us twenty-four hours at least, maybe more.

   2018, Denys Arthur Rayner, The Long Fight

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   If damage is localised then you may easily tingle it over and a perfectly good sound job may be made with a tingle.

   1956, World Fishing - Volume 5, page 54

3. transitivebusinessTo 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.

   1915 February, “British Method of Laying Bricks”, in Building Age, volume 37, page 68

plural Tingles

1. A surname.