Prickeln — meaning in English

English meaning

• prickle noun A small sharp point on something, often a plant, such as a thorn.
• tingle verb To feel a light prickling or stinging sensation on the skin.

Senses

Prickeln is used for these senses in English:

• prickle (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel a prickle; to prick.
• tingle A prickling or mildly stinging sensation; frisson.
• tingle (transitive) To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.

prickle — full definition

1. noun A small sharp point on something, often a plant, such as a thorn.
2. noun A sharp, hard outgrowth from the outer layers (cortex and epidermis) of certain plants, for example roses, which is not the same thing as a thorn.
3. noun A slight stinging or tingling feeling on the skin.
4. noun A basket woven from willow.

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.

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