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View definitions for prickling

prickling

adjective as in burning

adjective as in itchy

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noun as in itch

noun as in pins and needles

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He seemed plagued by invisible bees, I thought, prickling his fingers and nose.

"We show that the phantom touch illusion is described by most subjects as a tingling or prickling, electrifying sensation or as if the wind was passing through their hand."

I feel the prickling course of electric currents, the cool pads warming against my skin.

As an adult in Los Angeles, I thought I knew heat — that sizzling dryness that arrives each summer and fall, curing the grasses and prickling the skin.

As wildfire smoke blankets large swaths of the eastern United States, many people are experiencing physical symptoms, like prickling, stinging eyes; a scratchy throat; a runny nose; and some coughing.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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