English Explanatory Dictionary

pins and needles

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A tingling or prickling sensation, felt in a limb when a nerve compression is relieved and in other situations.

Word forms

pins and needles

Synonyms

paresthesia asleep dead

Related words

obdormition

Derived words

on pins and needles

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