tin|gle «TIHNG guhl», verb, -gled, -gling, noun.
–v.i.
1. a) to have a feeling of thrills or a pricking, stinging feeling: »
He tingled with excitement on his first airplane trip. Her ears were tingling with cold after ice-skating on the pond.
b) to smart; blush: »cheeks tingling with shame.
2. to be thrilling; pass with a thrill: »
Figurative. The newspaper story tingled with excitement. Figurative. Every note…tingled through his huge frame (Thackeray).
3. to tinkle; jingle.
–v.t.
to cause to tingle; cause to feel thrills or a pricking, stinging feeling: »
Shame tingled his cheeks.
–n.
1. a feeling of thrills or a pricking, stinging feeling: »
The cold caused a tingle in my fingers and ears.
2. a tinkle; jingle.
╂[probably originally a variant of tinkle]
–tin´gler, noun.
–tin´gling|ly, adverb.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.