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”).
Meanings
A prickling or mildly stinging sensation; frisson.
(in-plural) A prickling or mildly stinging sensation; frisson. ▸ An ASMR response.
get/give tingles
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. 2010, Joseph J. Mazzella, Walking the Path of Love, page 223:
The tingle of a wind chime drifted to her on the ocean breeze. 2014, Ally Blake, Marriage Make-Over:
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. 2017, Laurence Brahm, Searching for Shangri-La, page 52:
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”).
Meanings
(intransitive) To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
For five minutes Pollyanna worked swiftly, deftly, combing a refractory curl into fluffiness, perking up a drooping ruffle at the neck, or shaking a pillow into plumpness so that the head might have a better pose. Meanwhile the sick woman, frowning prodigiously, and openly scoffing at the whole procedure, was, in spite of herself, beginning to tingle with a feeling perilously near to excitement. 1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 8, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC:
My hands were tingling from the cold.
I got hit in the butt yesterday, and it still tingles.
(intransitive) To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation. ▸ To feel an ASMR response.
This made me tingle
I tingled
(transitive) To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
Tingle your tastebuds with these exotic dishes.
(transitive) To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation. ▸ To cause to feel an ASMR response.
tingle someone
(intransitive) To ring; to tinkle or twang.
They delightfully ring to greet the rising sun and still tingle during the darkest night. 2010, Joseph J. Mazzella, Walking the Path of Love, page 223:
At that precise moment, after a week of silence, the solar chime forcefully tingled, loudly and clearly, again and again. 2021, Benita Glickman, Then and Now: Snapshots of My Life:
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. 1991, Michael L. Frankel, Sabra Crossing: An Ecological Adventure in the North Atlantic:
Sideways leaning, we sideways darted; every ropeyarn tingling like a wire; the two tall masts buckling like Indian canes in land tornadoes. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 13”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
(transitive) 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. 1874, Charles C. Duek, The abbey chimes, page 76:
[…]the Captain they trusted so well
Had only one notion for crossing the ocean,
And that was to tingle his bell. 1874–1876 (date written), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Fit the Fit the Second. The Bellman’s Speech.”, in The Hunting of the Snark […], London: Macmillan and Co., published March 1876, →OCLC:
itch (to feel a prickly sensation) · tinkle (to ring, cause to ring)
Translations (59)
bg щипя (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · fi kilautella (transitive: to cause to ring) · pl mrowić (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · fr picoter (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · uk поко́лювати (to cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · ru онемева́ть (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · bg изтръпвам (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · uk подзвони́ти (transitive: to cause to ring) · gl formigar (to cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · nl kriebelen (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · fi kilistää (transitive: to cause to ring) · hi सिहरन (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · fi kilahtaa (intransitive: to ring) · fi kilahdella (intransitive: to ring) · mi nanamu (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · fi kilistä (intransitive: to ring) · de kribbeln (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · fi kilauttaa (transitive: to cause to ring) · fi nipistellä (to cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · ru пока́лывать (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · uk подзво́нювати (transitive: to cause to ring) · oc picalhar (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · it pizzicare (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · eo pikpiki (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · nl tinkelen (intransitive: to make ringing sounds — see also twang) · ar وَخَزَ (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · mi tītī (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · mi wheowheo (intransitive: to make ringing sounds — see also twang) · fi pistellä (to cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · tr uyuşmak (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · uk коло́тися (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · mi ongaonga (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · fi kilistellä (transitive: to cause to ring) · nl tintelen (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · lv tirpt (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · fi pistellä (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · fi kilistellä (intransitive: to ring) · gl formigar (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · fi soida (intransitive: to make ringing sounds — see also twang) · cs brnět (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · mi wheo (intransitive: to make ringing sounds — see also twang) · it formicolare (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · mi tengatenga (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · tr karıncalanmak (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · bg звънтя (intransitive: to ring) · pt formigar (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · fi kihelmöidä (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · uk поколо́ти (to cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · ar نَمِلَ (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · cs mravenčit (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · mi tītī (intransitive: to make ringing sounds — see also twang) · mi tī (intransitive: to make ringing sounds — see also twang) · es hormiguear (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · nl rinkelen (intransitive: to make ringing sounds — see also twang) · uk дзвони́ти (intransitive: to ring) · fi nipistellä (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · de prickeln (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · fi kutkuttaa (esp. tastebuds) (to cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation) · oc formiguejar (to have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation)
Figs. 16, 17, 18 show method of forming a double welt, notice the copper tack or tingle to same as further security. 1910, Samuel Barlow Bennett, A Manual of Technical Plumbing and Sanitary Science, page 206:
Tingle the middle down by placing a tingle at the toe, and a couple at the joints. 2016, A Classic Guide to Making and Repairing Vintage Shoes and Boots:
From the diminutive "tingle" or baby tack up to the massive ship spike, almost every kind of nail is shown, not only in iron and steel, but also in copper, zinc, and brass,, and on the partition will be noticed a somewhat novel application of nails. 1887, “The Exhibition and the Exhibits”, in The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend, page 91:
A patch that covers a hole in something that needs to be watertight, such as a roof or a boat.
The tools, tingle, and copper nails may be contained in a smaller bag called the carpenter's bag. A piece of felt or fearnought is included, to be placed over a hole under the tingle. 2006, A Seaman's Pocket-Book: June 1943, page 81:
Nail the tingle to the sheathing between the two slates below the one being fixed . 1992, Derek Bradford, Key Porter Books, Mike Lawrence, The Complete Home Renovation Manual, page 54:
The three inner slates of the patch are fixed with two nails and only the top slate, whose nail holes are completely covered by other slates, need be fixed with a tingle. 2015, Frank Bennett, Alfred Pinion, Roof Slating and Tiling, page 131:
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. 1956, World Fishing - Volume 5, page 54:
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. 1980 July-December, John Pazereskis, “Wood Boat Seam Repairs”, in Cruising World, page 48:
A thin chamfered tingle (A) was fitted to the outboard face of the largest board and a thicker example (B) to the inboard face. 2000, Carole A. Morris, Craft, Industry and Everyday Life, page 2380:
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. 1984, David Derrick, Boat Maintenance, page 35:
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. 1915 February, “British Method of Laying Bricks”, in Building Age, volume 37, page 68:
a tingle is used to prevent the line from sagging in the middle if it is being used on a long wall 1983, W. G. Nash, Brickwork - Volume 1, page 76:
To prevent a long line sagging, it can be given intermediate support with a tingle plate. 2013, Michael Hammett, Brickwork and Paving: For House and Garden:
Tingle the middle down by placing a tingle at the toe, and a couple at the joints. 2016, A Classic Guide to Making and Repairing Vintage Shoes and Boots:
(transitive) 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. 1956, World Fishing - Volume 5, page 54:
To put her on the other tack while we tingle a started butt would lose us twenty-four hours at least, maybe more. 2018, Denys Arthur Rayner, The Long Fight:
(transitive) 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. 1915 February, “British Method of Laying Bricks”, in Building Age, volume 37, page 68: