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PRICKLING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A somatic sensation as from many tiny stings

Synonyms:

prickling; tingle; tingling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("prickling" is a kind of...):

somaesthesia; somatesthesia; somatic sensation; somesthesia (the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prickling"):

pins and needles (a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation)

Derivation:

prickle (cause a stinging or tingling sensation)

prickle (cause a prickling sensation)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb prickle

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