Prickling

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prickling \Prick"ling\, a.
     Prickly. [Obs.] --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  prickling
       adj : causing or experiencing a painful shivering feeling as from
             many tiny pricks; "a prickling blush of embarrassment";
             "the tingling feeling in a foot that has gone to
             sleep"; "a stinging nettle"; "the stinging windblown
             sleet" [syn: {stinging}, {tingling}]
       n : a prickling somatic sensation as from many tiny pricks [syn:
            {tingle}, {tingling}]