Prickling

prick·le  (prkl)

n.

1. A small sharp point, spine, or thorn.

2. A tingling or pricking sensation.

v. prick·led, prick·ling, prick·les

v.tr.

1. To prick as if with a thorn.

2. To cause a tingling or pricking sensation in.

v.intr.

1. To feel a tingling or pricking sensation.

2. To rise or stand up like prickles.

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[Middle English prikel, from Old English pricel.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

prickling - a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles tingling, tingle somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia - the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations; "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes" pins and needles - a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation