the bumpy condition of the skin induced by cold, fear, etc, caused by contraction of the muscles at the base of the hair follicles with consequent erection of papillae: so called because of the resemblance to the skin of a freshly-plucked fowl
Also called: goose bumps, goose pimples, goose skin
Examples of 'gooseflesh' in a sentence
gooseflesh
'It gave me gooseflesh knowing that what he was about to achieve would never be forgotten.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
'But the wind is cold and so dry that it gives you gooseflesh.