1. To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill
sound.
At which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 1
Sam. iii. 11.
2. To feel a sharp, thrilling pain. The pale boy senator yet tingling stands. Pope.
3. To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation. They suck pollution through their tingling vein. Tickell.
TINK Tink, v. i. Etym: [OE. tinken; of imitative origin. Cf. Ting a tinkling, Tinker.]
Defn: To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle. Wyclif (1 Cor. xiii. 1).
TINK
Tink, n.
Defn: A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.
TINKER Tink"er, n. Etym: [From Tink, because the tinker's way of proclaiming his trade is to beat a kettle, or because in his work he makes a tinkling noise. Johnson.]
1. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware. "Tailors and tinkers." Piers Plowman.
2. One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.