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goose bumps definition

☆ goose bumps

a roughened condition of the skin in which the papillae are erected, caused by cold, fear, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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