kihelmöinti — meaning in English

English meaning

• tingle verb To feel a light prickling or stinging sensation on the skin.
• tingling adj Producing a prickling or stinging sensation.

Senses

kihelmöinti is used for these senses in English:

• pins and needles (informal) A tingling or prickling sensation, felt in a limb when a nerve compression is relieved and in other situations.
• tingle A prickling or mildly stinging sensation; frisson.
• tingling A tingling sensation; pins and needles.

tingle — full definition

1. verb To feel a light prickling or stinging sensation on the skin.
2. noun A prickling or stinging sensation, often from excitement or cold.

tingling — full definition

1. adj Producing a prickling or stinging sensation.
2. noun A prickling sensation, similar to pins and needles.

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