goose bump

See also: goosebump and goose-bump

English

Alternative forms

goosebump, goose-bump

Etymology

From the resemblance of goose bumps to the bumps on the skin of a plucked goose.

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

goose bump (plural goose bumps)

(chiefly in the plural) Raised skin, usually caused by the involuntary erection of hairs on the neck or arms caused by cold, excitement, or fear.
Synonyms: goose pimple, goose skin, goose flesh

Translations

raised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear — see also bristling

Afrikaans: hoendervleis (af)
Arabic: قُشَعْرِيرَة f (qušaʕrīra)
Armenian: փշաքաղություն (hy) (pʻšakʻaġutʻyun)
Belarusian: мура́шкі f pl (muráški), гусі́ная ску́ра f (husínaja skúra)
Catalan: pell de gallina (ca) f, pell anserina f
Chechen: хьара (ḥʳara)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雞皮疙瘩 / 鸡皮疙瘩 (zh) (jīpígēda)
Czech: husí kůže (cs) f
Danish: gåsehud c
Dutch: kippenvel (nl) n
Esperanto: anserhaŭto
Faroese: gásarhold n
Finnish: kananliha (fi)
French: chair de poule (fr) f
Galician: carne de galiña f, arrepío m
German: Gänsehaut (de) f
Hebrew: עוֹר בַּרְוָז (he) m (or barváz, literally “duck skin”)
Hindi: रौंगटे खड़े होना (rauṅgṭe khaṛe honā)
Hungarian: libabőr (hu), lúdbőr
Icelandic: gæsahúð (is) f
Indonesian: bulu kuduk (id)
Ingrian: kylmäsuurima
Irish: craiceann circe m (from cearc, 'chicken'), craiceann gé m (from gé, 'goose'), cáithníní m pl
Italian: pelle d'oca (it) f
Japanese: 鳥肌 (ja) (とりはだ, torihada)
Korean: 옴 (om), 소름 (ko) (soreum), 닭살 (daksal)
Lithuanian: žąsies oda f
Luxembourgish: Héngerhaut (lb) f
Macedonian: наежу́вање n (naežúvanje), е́жење n (éženje)
Malay: bulu roma
Maori: wawana, hītaratara, pukupuku, mimiko
Mirandese: quelobrinas f pl
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gåsehud m or f
Occitan: carn de galina f
Pannonian Rusyn: мраз m (mraz), жима f (žima)
Plautdietsch: Gaunsefleesch n
Polish: gęsia skórka (pl) f (from gęś, 'goose')
Portuguese: pele de galinha, arrepio (pt) m
Punjabi: ਰੁਮਾਂਚ m (rumāñc)
Romanian: piele de găină f
Russian: гуси́ная ко́жа (ru) f (gusínaja kóža), мура́шки (ru) f pl (muráški, literally “small ants”) (colloquial)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: срх m, жмарци m pl

Roman: srh (sh) m, žmarci (sh) m pl
Sotho: ditlhokanyane
Spanish: escalofrío (es) m, piel de gallina f (from cold), pelos de punta m pl (from fear), carne de gallina (es) f
Swedish: gåshud (sv) c, ståpäls (sv) c
Tagalog: kulag, pangilabot
Thai: ขนลุก (th) (kǒn-lúk)
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: мура́шки f pl (murášky), гуся́ча шкі́ра f (husjáča škíra)
Vietnamese: da gà
Welsh: croen gŵydd m