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FORMICATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does formicate mean?
• FORMICATE (verb)
The verb FORMICATE has 1 sense:
1. crawl about like ants
Familiarity information: FORMICATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Crawl about like ants
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "formicate" is one way to...):
crawl; creep (move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
formication (hallucinated sensation that insects or snakes are crawling over the skin; a common side-effect of extensive use of cocaine or amphetamines)
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