Gooseflesh

2 definitions found

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

  gooseflesh \gooseflesh\ n.
     A peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear, in
     which the hair follicles become erect and form bumps on the
     skin; -- called also {goose skin}, {goose pimples}, {goose
     bumps}.
  


     Syn: goose bumps, goose pimples, goose skin.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gooseflesh
       n : reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or
           emotional stress or skin irritation [syn: {pilomotor
           reflex}, {goose bump}, {goose pimple}, {goose skin}, {horripilation}]