"tingler" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tinglers [plural]
Etymology: From tingle + -er. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|tingle|-er|id2=agent noun}} tingle + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} tingler (plural tinglers)
  1. Agent noun of tingle: Something that causes tingling. Tags: agent, form-of Form of: tingle (extra: Something that causes tingling) Derived forms: spine-tingler

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1991, Cynthia Felice, Khan's Persuasion, →ISBN, page 149:",
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