goose bumps

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Definitions of goose bumps words

noun plural goose bumps If you get goose bumps, the hairs on your skin stand up so that it is covered with tiny bumps. You get goose bumps when you are cold, frightened, or excited. 0
noun goose bumps a roughened condition of the skin in which the papillae are erected, caused by cold, fear, etc. 0

before 1930

One of the 10% newest English words

First recorded in 1930-35

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creeps — an act or instance of creeping: It seems as if time has slowed to a creep.
goose pimples — Goose pimples are the same as goose bumps.
gooseflesh — goose bumps.
horripilation — a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; goose bumps.