About The Word Tickle
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Tickle
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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. |
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