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Tickle Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Tickle? [n] the act of tickling [n] a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking [v] touch or stroke lightly; "The grass tickled her calves" [v] feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine" [v] touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements Synonyms \| Synonyms for Tickle: thrill \| tickling \| titillate \| titillation \| vellicate \| vibrate Related Terms \| Find terms related to Tickle: See Also \| caress \| cutaneous sensation \| excite \| haptic sensation \| itch \| shake \| shake up \| skin sensation \| stimulate \| stir \| touch \| touching Tickle In Webster's Dictionary \Tic"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tickled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tickling}.] [Perhaps freq. of tick to beat; pat; but cf. also AS. citelian to tickle, D. kittelen, G. kitzlen, OHG. chizzil[=o]n, chuzzil[=o]n, Icel. kitla. Cf. {Kittle}, v. t.] 1. To touch lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of spasm which become dengerous if too long protracted. If you tickle us, do we not laugh? --Shak. 2. To please; to gratify; to make joyous. Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. --Pope. Such a nature Tickled with good success, disdains the shadow Which he treads on at noon. --Shak. \Tic"kle\, v. i. 1. To feel titillation. He with secret joy therefore Did tickle inwardly in every vein. --Spenser. 2. To excite the sensation of titillation. --Shak. \Tic"kle\, a. 1. Ticklish; easily tickled. [Obs.] 2. Liable to change; uncertain; inconstant. [Obs.] The world is now full tickle, sikerly. --Chaucer. So tickle is the state of earthy things. --Spenser. 3. Wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the slightest touch; unstable; easily overthrown. [Obs.] Thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders, that a milkmaid, if she be in love, may sigh it off. --Shak.

Tickle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tickle?

[n] the act of tickling
[n] a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking
[v] touch or stroke lightly; "The grass tickled her calves"
[v] feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"
[v] touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements

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Tickle In Webster's Dictionary

\Tic"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tickled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tickling}.] [Perhaps freq. of tick to beat; pat; but cf.
also AS. citelian to tickle, D. kittelen, G. kitzlen, OHG.
chizzil[=o]n, chuzzil[=o]n, Icel. kitla. Cf. {Kittle}, v. t.]
1. To touch lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling
   sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of
   spasm which become dengerous if too long protracted.

         If you tickle us, do we not laugh?    --Shak.

2. To please; to gratify; to make joyous.

         Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. --Pope.

         Such a nature Tickled with good success, disdains
         the shadow Which he treads on at noon. --Shak.


\Tic"kle\, v. i.
1. To feel titillation.

         He with secret joy therefore Did tickle inwardly in
         every vein.                           --Spenser.

2. To excite the sensation of titillation. --Shak.


\Tic"kle\, a.
1. Ticklish; easily tickled. [Obs.]

2. Liable to change; uncertain; inconstant. [Obs.]

         The world is now full tickle, sikerly. --Chaucer.

         So tickle is the state of earthy things. --Spenser.

3. Wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the slightest
   touch; unstable; easily overthrown. [Obs.]

         Thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders, that a
         milkmaid, if she be in love, may sigh it off.
                                               --Shak.

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