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Gooseflesh

noun
1.
Reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation.  Synonyms: goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goosebump, horripilation, pilomotor reflex.





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"Gooseflesh" Quotes from Famous Books



... The gooseflesh that had pricked out on Amber's skin subsided, and his qualms went with it. "Greek fire burning in a bowl," he explained the phenomenon; "and a native with his arm wrapped to the wrist in black is feeding it. Not ...
— The Bronze Bell • Louis Joseph Vance


Words linked to "Gooseflesh" :   reflex, inborn reflex, reflex action, reflex response, innate reflex, physiological reaction, unconditioned reflex, instinctive reflex


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