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Definitions for: 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
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: thrill, tickling, titillate, titillation, vellicate, vibrate
See Also: caress, cutaneous sensation, excite, haptic sensation, itch, shake, shake up, skin sensation, stimulate, stir, touch, touching
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