goose-bumps
goose flesh
noun
a rough condition of the skin, resembling that of a plucked goose, induced by cold or fear; horripilation.
Also, goose·flesh.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English
1375–1425; late Middle English
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| goose flesh | |
| —n | |
| goose bumps, goose pimples, Also called: goose skin the bumpy condition of the skin induced by cold, fear, etc, caused by contraction of the muscles at the base of the hair follicles with consequent erection of papillae: so called because of the resemblance to the skin of a freshly-plucked fowl | |
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