tingle

1. 1

   To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.intransitive

   • My hands were tingling from the cold.
   • I got hit in the butt yesterday, and it still tingles.
2. 2

   To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.; To feel an ASMR response.intransitive

   • I tingled
   • This made me tingle
3. 3

   To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.transitive

   • Tingle your tastebuds with these exotic dishes.
4. 4

   To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.; To cause to feel an ASMR response.transitive

   • tingle someone
5. 5

   To ring; to tinkle or twang.intransitive

   • Sideways leaning, we sideways darted; every ropeyarn tingling like a wire; the two tall masts buckling like Indian canes in land tornadoes.
   • 1859-1895, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round sharp tingling bells
6. 6

   To cause to ring, to tinkle.transitive

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

syn. itch

1. 1

   A prickling or mildly stinging sensation; frisson.

2. 2

   A prickling or mildly stinging sensation; frisson.; An ASMR response.in-plural

   • get/give tingles
3. 3

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

1. 1

   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.
   • Tingle the middle down by placing a tingle at the toe, and a couple at the joints.
2. 2

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

   • 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.
   • 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.
3. 3

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

1. 1

   To fasten with a tingle; to tack.transitive

   • Tingle the middle down by placing a tingle at the toe, and a couple at the joints.
2. 2

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

   • If damage is localised then you may easily tingle it over and a perfectly good sound job may be made with a tingle.
   • To put her on the other tack while we tingle a started butt would lose us twenty-four hours at least, maybe more.
3. 3

   To secure the middle of a guide line by means of a tingle.transitive

   • 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.