[f. TINGLE v. Cf. WFlem. tingel nettle.] An act, instance, or condition of tingling. a. A tingling or tinkling sound. Also advb. or without construction, as imitation of the sound. b. A tingling sensation in the ears, or in some other part of the body; the tingling action of cold, etc.
a. 1700. in O. H. S. Collect., iv. 183. Tingle, tingle, tingle Says the little bell att 9 To call the beerers home.
1841. Hood, Tale Trumpet, xxxviii. That like the bell With muffins to sell, Her ear was kept in a constant tingle!
1848. Lowell, Fable for Critics, 1557. A Leyden-jar always full-charged, from which flit The electrical tingles of hit after hit.
1879. Beerbohm, Patagonia, iv. 49. The wind was just cold enough to give that exciting tingle to the blood which influences one’s spirits like a subtile wine.
1906. Daily Chron., 8 March, 6/4. A tingle of regret runs through me that I have lost my good manners.
1908. Blackw. Mag., Oct., 682/2. One feels the tingle of the morning air.
