Meaning of Tingle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A prickling or mildly stinging sensation; frisson.
3. A nail of the very smallest size; a tack.
4. A patch that covers a hole in something that needs to be watertight, such as a roof or a boat.
5. A tingling sound; a chime or tinkle.
6. An attachment in the middle of a long guide line to keep it from sagging.

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Examples

“Their every chime, ring, and tingle sings with joy and makes wonderful music as they dance with the swirling winds of nature.”

“The tingle of a wind chime drifted to her on the ocean breeze.”

“The tingle of bells is crisp, cutting the Tibetan air with a clarity that feels like blue porcelain cracking against the endless chime of bells.”

“From the diminutive "tingle" or baby tack up to the massive ship spike, almost every kind of nail is shown, not only in iron and steel, but also in copper, zinc, and brass,, and on the partition will be noticed a somewhat novel application of nails.”

“Figs. 16, 17, 18 show method of forming a double welt, notice the copper tack or tingle to same as further security.”

“Tingle the middle down by placing a tingle at the toe, and a couple at the joints.”

“If damage is localised then you may easily tingle it over and a perfectly good sound job may be made with a tingle. Metal tingles are not ; they require a lot of fastenings and even then are not easily made really watertight.”

“With tin snips, cut the tingle to shape (some people bend the edges over to form a 1/4-inch hem), and lather it with polysulfide seam compound.”

“The appearance of this basically unattractive repair can be marginally improved by making the tingle larger than is structurally necessary and then give it long chamfers to fair it in.”

“Nail the tingle to the sheathing between the two slates below the one being fixed .”

“A thin chamfered tingle (A) was fitted to the outboard face of the largest board and a thicker example (B) to the inboard face.”

“The tools, tingle, and copper nails may be contained in a smaller bag called the carpenter's bag. A piece of felt or fearnought is included, to be placed over a hole under the tingle.”

“The three inner slates of the patch are fixed with two nails and only the top slate, whose nail holes are completely covered by other slates, need be fixed with a tingle.”

“The tingle is fastened on the top of the brick by a small pat of mortar, on which is placed a piece of brick to keep the tingle firm.”

“a tingle is used to prevent the line from sagging in the middle if it is being used on a long wall”

“To prevent a long line sagging, it can be given intermediate support with a tingle plate.”

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