goose bump

See also: goosebump

English

Goose bumps on an arm.

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, horripilation, (medical) piloerection, (medical) pilomotor reflex

Translations

raised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear

Afrikaans: hoendervleis (af)
Arabic: قُشَعْرِيرَة‎ f (qušaʿrīra)
Armenian: փշաքաղություն (hy) (pʿšakʿałutʿyun)
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) (from ברווז, 'duck')
Hindi: रौंगटे खड़े होना (rauṅgṭe khaṛe honā)
Hungarian: libabőr (hu), lúdbőr
Icelandic: gæsahúð (is) f
Indonesian: bulu kuduk (id)
Irish: craiceann circe m (from cearc, 'chicken'), craiceann gé m (from gé, 'goose')
Italian: pelle d'oca (it) f
Japanese: 鳥肌 (とりはだ, torihada)
Korean: 옴 (om), 소름 (ko) (soreum), 닭살 (daksal)
Lithuanian: žąsies oda f
Luxembourgish: Héngerhaut (lb) f
Malay: bulu roma
Maori: wawana, hītaratara, pukupuku, mimiko
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gåsehud m or f
Occitan: carn de galina f
Plautdietsch: Gaunsefleesch n
Polish: gęsia skórka (pl) f (from gęś, 'goose')
Portuguese: pele de galinha, arrepio (pt) m, espinha ganso
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
Roman: srh (sh) m
Sotho: ditlhokanyane
Spanish: escalofrío (es) m, piel de gallina f (from cold), pelos de punta m pl (from fear)
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