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tingle

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verb

as in to jingle
to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound awoke to the steady pitter-patter of raindrops tingling on the rooftop

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Recent Examples of tingle
Noun
The sight sends a paralytic tingle of alarm through her. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025 The hint of acidity and tingle of mild green chiles is just what this dish needs to cut through the richness of the melty cheese. Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
Some curious clues have EW's Swiftie senses tingling. Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025 This can cause itching, tingling, and irritation. Sherri Gordon, Health, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tingle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tingle
Noun
  • Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions.
    Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
  • How hunger impacts learning Erspamer once heard from a school principal about a student who constantly showed up at the administrator's office with a tummy ache.
    Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Tuesday’s clips played on that history, with the person behind the camera catching Carey at various points throughout her day, with the expectation of hearing that Christmastime jingle.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Some say his spurs are still jingling down the hallway, chasing after her.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The friend felt a pang of preëmptive regret.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • These pangs are only compounded by the cliffhanger that concluded Season 2, in which President William Rayburn (Michael McKean) suffered a fatal heart attack and elevated his vice president, Grace Penn (Allison Janney), to the top of the call sheet.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Each robot, remotely operated, clinks glasses and gestures in unison, embodying the camaraderie and hope of the musical’s revolutionaries.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Their table was conspicuously positioned near the restaurant’s front windows, offering onlookers a clear view of the three billionaires clinking glasses and linking arms for a toast.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Their venom Is not considered dangerous to humans, although a bite would likely be painful and cause swelling similar to that of a wasp sting.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Few travel myths are as persistent as the idea that peeing on a jellyfish sting will relieve pain.
    Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Eerie chants, tinkling percussion, zany strings, and plucky swelling piano.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The soothing, deeply resonant humming of the bowls and sparkling tinkling of chimes filled the room.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Ergofoot Orthopedic Slippers For those on my holiday list who have more sensitive and pain-prone feet, this orthopedic pair stands out from the crowd.
    Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
  • According to my friends from STATS Perform, only six other relief pitchers in World Series history can share his pain.
    Jayson Stark, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Everyone notes his film pedigree, some his politics, although Mamdani’s democratic socialist agenda rattled Wall Street and other higher-end precincts as his plans rely on increasing taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Lauren Petracca | Bloomberg | Getty Images A wave of layoffs is rattling corporate America.
    Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025

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“Tingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tingle. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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