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Tickle

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Noun

1. tickle

a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking

2. tickle, tickling, titillation

the act of tickling

Verb

3. tickle, titillate, vellicate

touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements

4. thrill, tickle, vibrate

feel sudden intense sensation or emotion

Example Sentences:
'he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine'

5. tickle

touch or stroke lightly

Example Sentences:
'The grass tickled her calves'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Tickle

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verb
1. 
to touch, stroke, or poke (a person, part of the body, etc) so as to produce pleasure, laughter, or a twitching sensation
2. (transitive)
to excite pleasurably; gratify
3. (transitive)
to delight or entertain (often in the phrase tickle one's fancy)
4. (intransitive)
to itch or tingle
5. (transitive)
to catch (a fish, esp a trout) by grasping it with the hands and gently moving the fingers into its gills
6.  tickle pink
noun
7. 
a sensation of light stroking or itching
8. 
the act of tickling
9. Canadian
(in the Atlantic Provinces) a narrow strait

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Tickle

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈtickled or ˈtickling
1. 
to please, gratify, delight, etc.
often used in the passive voice with slang intensifiers, as tickled pink, tickled silly, or tickled to death
2. 
to stir to amusement or laughter; amuse
3. 
to excite the surface nerves of, as by touching or stroking lightly with the finger, a feather, etc., in a way that causes involuntary twitching, a pleasant tingling, laughter, etc.
verb intransitive
4. 
to have an itching, scratching, or tingling sensation
a throat that tickles
5. 
to cause a tickling sensation
that feather tickles
6. 
to be readily affected by excitation of the surface nerves; be ticklish
noun
7. 
a tickling or being tickled
8. 
a tickling sensation

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Tickle

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v. tick·led, tick·ling, tick·les
v.tr.
1. To touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements.
2.
a. To tease or excite pleasurably; titillate: suspense that tickles the reader's curiosity.
b. To fill with mirth or pleasure; delight.
v.intr.
To feel or cause a tingling sensation.
n.
1. The act of tickling.
2. A tickling sensation.

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