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[syn: pilomotor reflex, gooseflesh, goose bump, goosebump, goose pimple, goose skin, horripilation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
gooseflesh \gooseflesh\ n.
A peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear, in
which the hair follicles become erect and form bumps on the
skin; -- called also goose skin, goose pimples, goose
bumps.
Syn: goose bumps, goose pimples, goose skin.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gooseflesh
n 1: reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or
emotional stress or skin irritation [syn: pilomotor
reflex, gooseflesh, goose bump, goosebump, goose
pimple, goose skin, horripilation]