Does 寒気がする really mean "have a chill" or is it just cold? Can the expression: {} really mean feel cold and also have a chill (as per many dictionaries)? To me, to have a chill/bug means to be sick from a virus/cold for a short period: have I missed something? For reference I give the followings nouns fitting the construction "”to sense: > [smell, sound, feel, taste]

When you are sick (especially when you have a fever), you sometimes feel the cold as if it were colder than it actually is. [[]{}]( means this feeling of coldness. It does not matter whether it is caused by viruses or bacteria, nor does it matter whether it is for a short period or for a long period. As Chocolate noted, it also means the similar feeling caused by fear. The word “chill” in English has a similar meaning.

(Do not confuse with a separate word [[]{}]( which is written in the same way in kanji.)