tin´gling|ly

tin´gling|ly
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.

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