sensations

Noun

sensation (countable and uncountable, plural sensations)

1. A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
   • Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
2. Excitation of sensory organs.
   • Coordinate term: perception
3. A widespread reaction of interest or excitement.
   • “Two or three months more went by; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […]”1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tremarn Case”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening &...
4. (dated, figuratively, uncommon) A remarkable person.
   • You truly are a sensation.

   Synonyms:

   event

5. (archaic, slang) A small serving of gin or sherry.
   • A Sensation . . . . Half-a-glass of sherry.1852, George Butler Earp, Gold Seeker's Manual, page 52