TINGLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tingling mean? 

• TINGLING (noun)
  The noun TINGLING has 1 sense:

1. a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings

  Familiarity information: TINGLING used as a noun is very rare.

• TINGLING (adjective)
  The adjective TINGLING has 1 sense:

1. exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements

  Familiarity information: TINGLING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TINGLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A somatic sensation as from many tiny stings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

prickling; tingle; tingling

Hypernyms ("tingling" is a kind of...):

somaesthesia; somatesthesia; somatic sensation; somesthesia (the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tingling"):

pins and needles (a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation)

Derivation:

tingle (cause a stinging or tingling sensation)

• TINGLING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements

Synonyms:

tickling; tingling; titillating

Similar:

exciting (creating or arousing excitement)

 Context examples 

A tingling long-lost sense of pleasure often came across me during this journey.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

A drug used to treat depression and peripheral neuropathy (pain, numbness, tingling, burning, or weakness in the hands or feet) that can occur with diabetes.

(Cymbalta, NCI Dictionary)

He was still tingling from this new experience when he came out upon the high-road and saw a sight which drove all other thoughts from his mind.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They include: • Numbness • Pain • Burning or tingling • Muscle weakness • Sensitivity to touch

(Peripheral Nerve Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

"Did you see it?" I cried, with my arms round the branch and all my nerves tingling.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A question about whether an individual feels or felt numbness or tingling in their feet.

(Have Numbness or Tingling in Feet, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual feels or felt numbness or tingling in their hands.

(Have Numbness or Tingling in Hands, NCI Thesaurus)

A condition marked by pain, swelling, numbness, tingling, or redness of the hands or feet.

(Hand-foot syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

Tingling or numbness could be a sign of diabetes.

(Foot Health, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

A question about an individual's distress related to their physical problems with tingling in hands or feet.

(Distress over Physical Problem with Tingling in Hands or Feet, NCI Thesaurus)