1. a roughened condition of the skin with small bumps, typically caused by cold, fear, or excitement

Examples

• The cold wind gave her gooseflesh on her arms.
• He got gooseflesh when he heard the scary story.
• The beautiful music caused gooseflesh to rise on her neck.
• Walking into the freezing room, I immediately developed gooseflesh.
• The thrilling movie scene gave the audience gooseflesh.
• She rubbed her arms to warm away the gooseflesh.