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pins and needles

pins and needles noun: a tingling or prickling sensation, felt in a limb when a nerve compression is relieved and in other situations.

Noun

pins and needles

  1. (informal) A tingling or prickling sensation, felt in a limb when a nerve compression is relieved and in other situations.
    • The sensations caused by the loss of this nerve vary from numbness or "pins and needles" to severe pain.1990, S. DelPin Failla, V. Fox, Ask the O.R. (number 6), volume 90, The American Journal of Nursing, page 18
    Synonyms:
    paresthesia, asleep, dead

pins and needles meaning in Telugu

pins and needles in Telugu

pins and needles, paresthesia
తిమ్మిరి timmiri

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Questions about pins and needles

What does pins and needles mean?
Pins and needles means a tingling or prickling sensation, felt in a limb when a nerve compression is relieved and in other situations.
What is pins and needles in Telugu?
Pins and needles in Telugu is తిమ్మిరి (timmiri). See Pins and needles meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is pins and needles?
Pins and needles is a noun.

Words near pins and needles in the dictionary

  1. pinquito
  2. pinquitos
  3. pinrail
  4. pinrails
  5. pins
  6. pins and needles
  7. pins back
  8. pins back one's ears
  9. pins down
  10. pins on
  11. pins one's ears back

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