Tickling

3 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tickling
       adj : exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or
             twitching movements [syn: {tingling}, {titillating}]
       n : the act of tickling [syn: {tickle}, {titillation}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "tickling":
     alluring, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beguiling, bewitching,
     blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic,
     charming, coaxing, come-hither, coquettish, enchanting, engaging,
     enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, exotic,
     fascinating, fetching, flirtatious, glamorous, hypnotic,
     interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, juicy, lively,
     mesmeric, mouth-watering, piquant, pleasant stimulation,
     prepossessing, provocative, provoking, provoquant, racy, ravishing,
     readable, rich, seducing, seductive, siren, sirenic, spellbinding,
     spellful, spicy, stimulating, succulent, taking, tantalizing,
     teasing, tempting, thought-challenging, thought-inspiring,
     thought-provoking, tickle, tickliness, ticklish, ticklishness,
     tickly, titillating, titillation, titillative, winning, winsome,
     witching