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gooseflesh

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n.1.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.
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Noun1.gooseflesh - reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation
goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goosebump, horripilation, pilomotor reflex
inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
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gooseflesh [ˈguːsfleʃ] N → carne f de gallina
gooseflesh [ˈguːsˌflɛʃ] n goosepimples [ˈguːsˌpɪmplz] npl → pelle f inv d'oca
gooseflesh [ˈguːsˌflɛʃ] n goosepimples [ˈguːsˌpɪmplz] npl → pelle f inv d'oca


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Bradley was a brave man, yet so keen was the feeling of revulsion engendered by the sight and sound of that grim, uncanny shape that he distinctly felt the gooseflesh rise over the surface of his body, and it was with difficulty that he refrained from following an instinctive urge to fire upon the nocturnal intruder.
Out of Time's Abyss by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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