(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If something gives you a ~, it gives you a sudden feeling of great excitement, pleasure, or fear.
I can remember the ~ of not knowing what I would get on Christmas morning...
It’s a great ~ for a cricket-lover like me to play at the home of cricket.
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n/-ing
2.
If something ~s you, or if you ~ at it, it gives you a feeling of great pleasure and excitement.
The electric atmosphere both terrified and ~ed him...
The children will ~ at all their favourite characters.
VERB: V n, V at/to n
3.
see also ~ed , ~ing
4.
If you refer to ~s and spills, you are referring to an experience which is exciting and full of surprises.
Its prime audience lies in the 17 to 24 age group, and they want instant ~s and spills.
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