goose bumps

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*goose bumps and *goose pimples

Fig. a prickly feeling related to having bumps on one's skin due to fear, excitement, or cold. (*Typically: get ~ have ~ give someone ∼.) When I hear that old song, I get goose bumps. I never have goose pimples, but my teeth chatter when it's cold.

See also: bump, goose

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If you really want to experience goose bumps or have your teeth ache without respite, just think of how many children and women in Santa Fe go without proper medical or dental care. MIXED MEDIA by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) I had goose bumps when I heard we were away at York. Greenbacks set up 'perfect' Cup encounter by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) In an interview with The Sun, Swann said he was looking forward to his Ashes debut in England, and added that when he was doing the drinks for the squad in 2005, the atmosphere gave him the goose bumps. Cricket's leading Test wicket taker Swann has forgotten how to smile by Asian News International			good riddance Good riddance! Good seed makes a good crop good sport good talking to you Good things come in small packages Good things come to him who waits good to be here good to go good to have you here good to hear your voice good to see you Good-bye and good riddance Good-bye for now goodbye goodness goodness! goods and chattels goof goof around goof off goof on goof up goofed goose goose bumps goose egg Gordon Bennett! gorge gorge oneself on gorge with gorked gosh gospel gospel truth gossip about got got it bad Got it in one! got me stumped got to get moving got to give got to go got to go home and get my beauty sleep got to run got to split got to take off gotta gotta get up pretty early in the morning to gouge out of government			Gooroo GOOS GOOS GOOS Project Office GOOS Regional Alliance for the Southeast Pacific GOOS Steering Committee Goos-Hähnchen effect goosander goosander goosanders goosanders goose goose goose goose goose GOOSE A CAT Goose Air Defense Sector goose barnacle goose barnacle goose barnacles Goose Bay Airport Corporation Goose Bay Military Family Resource Centre Goose Bay, Newfoundland, Canada - Goose Bay Municipal goose body louse goose body louse goose body louse goose bump goose bump goose bump goose bumps Goose cap Goose corn Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District Goose Creek Education Federation Goose Creek Public Works Goose Creek State Park goose down goose egg goose egg Goose Egg White Lysozyme goose eggs goose enteritis goose enteritis goose enteritis Goose feast goose flesh goose flesh goose flesh goose grass goose grease goose hepatitis goose hepatitis goose hepatitis Goose Hollow Foothills League goose honk goose honk goose honk goose honk cough goose honk cough goose honk cough

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