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- send a shiver up (someone's) spine
send a shiver up (someone's) spine
send a shiver up (someone's) spine
To cause an intense feeling of excitement, exhilaration, nervousness, or fear in someone. The way that sonata swells always sends a shiver up my spine. It sent a shiver up my spine when Dorothy gave me such an amorous look. Can we get out of here? This creepy old house is sending a shiver up my spine!
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Izzy | | IZ-ee | English |
Antonius | | an-TO:-ni-uws (Ancient Roman), ahn-TO-nee-us (Dutch) | Ancient Roman, Dutch |
BertÓK | | - | Hungarian |
Mihail | | - | Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Greek |
Floyd | | [flɔid] | |
Yago | | - | Spanish |