Definition of: tingle

(ting′gəl) v. ·gled, ·gling v.i.
1. To experience a prickly, stinging sensation, as the skin from exposure to cold, or the ears from a sharp blow.
2. To cause such a sensation.
—v.t.
3. To cause to tingle.
—noun
1. A prickly, stinging sensation; a tingling.
2. A jingle or tinkling. [Appar. var. of TINKLE]
—tin′gler noun
—tin′gly adjective