Tickled

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tickle \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.
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              If you tickle us, do we not laugh?    --Shak.
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     2. To please; to gratify; to make joyous.
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              Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. --Pope.
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              Such a nature
              Tickled with good success, disdains the shadow
              Which he treads on at noon.           --Shak.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "tickled":
     amused, attracted, cathectic, charmed, comfortable, concerned,
     content, contented, cozy, curious, delighted, diverted, easy,
     entertained, enthusiastic, eupeptic, euphoric, excited,
     exhilarated, fascinated, favorably impressed with, glad, gladsome,
     gratified, in clover, interested, intrigued, keen on, passionate,
     piqued, pleased, pleased as Punch, pleased with, satisfied,
     sold on, taken with, tantalized, thrilled, tickled pink,
     tickled to death, titillated, turned-on