tingle /ˈtɪŋɡəl/verb 9noun 6forms 3 verb9 •To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.My hands were tingling from the cold.I got hit in the butt yesterday, and it still tingles. •To feel an ASMR response.I tingled •To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.Tingle your tastebuds with these exotic dishes. •To cause to feel an ASMR response. •To ring; to tinkle or twang.Sideways leaning, we sideways darted; every ropeyarn tingling like a wire; the two tall masts buckling like Indian canes in land tornadoes. — 1851 •To cause to ring, to tinkle.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 •To patch with a tingle; to cover a hole in something that requires it to be watertight.If damage is localised then you may easily tingle it over and a perfectly good sound job may be made with a tingle. — 1956 •To fasten with a tingle; to tack.Tingle the middle down by placing a tingle at the toe, and a couple at the joints. — 2016 •To secure the middle of a guide line by means of a tingle. noun6 •A prickling or mildly stinging sensation; frisson. •[in the plural] An ASMR response.get/give tingles •A tingling sound; a chime or tinkle.Their every chime, ring, and tingle sings with joy and makes wonderful music as they dance with the swirling winds of nature. — 2010 •A patch that covers a hole in something that needs to be watertight, such as a roof or a boat.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 •A nail of the very smallest size; a tack.Figs. 16, 17, 18 show method of forming a double welt, notice the copper tack or tingle to same as further security. — 1910 •An attachment in the middle of a long guide line to keep it from sagging.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 formstingled · tingling · tingles
