sensation

1. (psychology, physiology) Excitation of sensory organs.Examples: "Coordinate term: perception"; "In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; […] no sensation; […]"countableuncountable

2. (figurative, uncommon, dated) A remarkable person.Examples: "You truly are a sensation."Synonyms: eventcountabledatedfigurativelyuncommonuncountable

3. (slang, archaic) A small serving of gin or sherry.Examples: "A Sensation . . . . Half-a-glass of sherry."; "When men go into a 'sluicery' for a 'sensation,' a 'drain,' or a 'common sewer,' they call the glass of gin they seek, in allusion to the juniper, a 'nipper,' or, more briefly, a 'nip,' occasionally a 'bite,' and not unfrequently it turns out a 'flogger.'"archaiccountableslanguncountable