[f. prec. + -ER1.] Something that causes tingling, as a blow; a ‘stinger.’
1831. Wilson, in Blackw. Mag., Feb., 411/1. But the flogging … is far from being equal to his deserts. So he must get some more—one other stripe—but a tingler.
a. 1836. G. Colman, in W. Irving, Goldsmith, xxxiv. (1849), 291. Which amiable act I returned with a very smart slap in the face; it must have been a tingler.
