goose pimple

1. 1.

   reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation

   Synonymspilomotor reflexgoosefleshgoose bumpgoosebumpgoose skinhorripilation

   Broaderreflex

Questions about goose pimple

What does goose pimple mean?

goose pimple means "reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation".

What is another word for goose pimple?

Close synonyms include pilomotor reflex, gooseflesh, goose bump, goosebump, goose skin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is goose pimple a common word?

goose pimple is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.