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atingle

[ uh-ting-guhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Origin of atingle¹

First recorded in 1850–55; a- ¹ + tingle

Urmston accordingly sat where he was, watching the opening grow wider, his nerves atingle with something akin to fear.

Ko-Ko is atingle with all the passion and faults of humanity.

Nevertheless, Jimmy was all atingle with enthusiasm and eagerness.

Smiling affably, with every nerve in his body atingle, he advanced to the table.

The roll of a pebble or the crack of a twig under foot would set us all atingle as we stole out to our cave house.

April 20, 2024flabbergast

[flab-er-gast ]

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