tingling

Other forms of tingling

plural

tinglings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tingling

What does tingling mean?

tingling means "a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tingling?

tingling has 3 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈtɪŋɡəlɪŋ/.

What is another word for tingling?

Close synonyms include prickling, tingle, tickling, titillating. 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 tingling a common word?

tingling is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.