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tingle

verb
/ˈtɪŋɡəl/

Etymology

From Middle English tinglen, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English tingen (“to tink”) + -len, equivalent to ting + -le. Alternatively, possibly a variant of Middle English tinclen (“to tinkle”) or from Old English tinclian (“to tickle”). More at tinkle. Compare also West Frisian tingelje (“to tinkle”), Dutch tingelen (“to tinkle, jingle”).

  1. inherited from tinclian — “to tickle”
  2. derived from tingen — “to tink”
  3. inherited from tinglen

Definitions

  1. 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.

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

    • Tingle your tastebuds with these exotic dishes.

  3. To ring

    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.
    • 1859-1895, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round sharp tingling bells
    • The wind-chime tingling of halyards slapping against masts, the constant creaking of wooden boats, the gurgling of water passing under the hull.
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. 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.
      • […]the Captain they trusted so well Had only one notion for crossing the ocean, And that was to tingle his bell.

    2. A prickling or mildly stinging sensation

      A prickling or mildly stinging sensation; frisson.

    3. A tingling sound

      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.
      • The tingle of bells is crisp, cutting the Tibetan air with a clarity that feels like blue porcelain cracking against the endless chime of bells.

    4. A nail of the very smallest size

      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.

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

      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.
      • The appearance of this basically unattractive repair can be marginally improved by making the tingle larger than is structurally necessary and then give it long chamfers to fair it in.

    6. 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
      • To prevent a long line sagging, it can be given intermediate support with a tingle plate.

    7. To fasten with a tingle

      To fasten with a tingle; to tack.

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

    8. To patch with a tingle

      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.
      • To put her on the other tack while we tingle a started butt would lose us twenty-four hours at least, maybe more.

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

      • 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.

    10. A surname.

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Derived

my spider sense is tingling, spine-tingling, tingly, tingle immunity

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at tingle. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at tingle. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at tingle

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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