gooseflesh

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

gooseflesh
    n 1: reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or
         emotional stress or skin irritation [syn: {pilomotor
         reflex}, {gooseflesh}, {goose bump}, {goosebump}, {goose
         pimple}, {goose skin}, {horripilation}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gooseflesh \gooseflesh\ n.
   A peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear, in
   which the hair follicles become erect and form bumps on the
   skin; -- called also {goose skin}, {goose pimples}, {goose
   bumps}.

   Syn: goose bumps, goose pimples, goose skin.
        [WordNet 1.5]