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Prickling

Prickling Meaning & Definition
Prickling Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Prickling?

[n] a prickling somatic sensation as from many tiny pricks
[adj] causing or experiencing a painful shivering feeling as from many tiny pricks; "a prickling blush of embarrassment"; "the tingling feeling in a foot that has gone to sleep"; "a stinging nettle"; "the stinging windblown sleet"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Prickling: painful | stinging | tingle | tingling | tingling

Related Terms | Find terms related to Prickling:

See Also | pins and needles | somaesthesia | somatesthesia | somatic sensation | somesthesia

Prickling In Webster's Dictionary

\Prick"ling\, a. Prickly. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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