'gooseflesh' definitions:
Definition of 'gooseflesh'
From: WordNet
noun
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]
Definition of 'gooseflesh'
From: GCIDE
- 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]