1. Exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
   "The tingling sensation of the feather made her giggle";
   - tickling, atingle

1. A somatic sensation as from many tiny stings
   "She felt a tingling in her feet as circulation returned";
   - prickling, tingle

1. Cause a stinging or tingling sensation
   "The spicy food tingled on her tongue";
   - prickle

Derived forms: tinglings

See also: exciting

Type of: itch, somaesthesia [Brit, Cdn], somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Tingling