prickling

adj : causing or experiencing a painful shivering feeling as from

many tiny pricks; "a prickling blush of embarrassment";

"the tingling feeling in a foot that has gone to

sleep"; "a stinging nettle"; "the stinging windblown

sleet" [syn: {stinging}, {tingling}]

n : a pricking somatic sensation [syn: {tingle}, {tingling}]