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tickle

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tickle  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tickle  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tickle 
  n  1:  a  cutaneous  sensation  often  resulting  from  light  stroking 
  2:  the  act  of  tickling  [syn:  {tickling}] 
  v  1:  touch  (a  body  part)  lightly  so  as  to  excite  the  surface 
  nerves  and  cause  uneasiness,  laughter,  or  spasmodic 
  movements 
  2:  excite  pleasurably  [syn:  {titillate}] 
  3:  feel  sudden  intense  sensation  or  emotion;  "he  was  thrilled 
  by  the  speed  and  the  roar  of  the  engine."  [syn:  {thrill}] 
  4:  touch  or  stroke  lightly;  "The  grass  tickled  her  calves" 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Tickle 
 
    A  {text  editor},  file  translator  and  {TCL} 
  {interpreter}  for  the  {Macintosh}. 
 
  Version  5.0v1.  The  text  editor  breaks  the  32K  limit  (like 
  {MPW}). 
 
  The  file  translation  utilities  support  {drag  and  drop} 
  handling  via  tcl  scripts  of  {BinHex},  {MacBinary},  {Apple 
  Computer}  Single/Double,  {StuffIt}  (with  engine),  {Unix} 
  {compress},  {Unix}  {tar}  and  {UUencode}  files  as  well  as  text 
  translation. 
 
  Tickle  implements  tcl  7.0  with  {tclX}  extensions  and 
  {Macintosh}  equivalents  of  {Unix}'s  {ls},  {pwd},  {cd} 
  commands.  It  provides  Macintosh  access  to  {Resource  Manager}, 
  {Communications  Toolbox},  {OSA}  Components  (and 
  {AppleScript}),  {Editions}  (publish  and  subscribe)  and  {Apple 
  Events}  (including  AEBuild  and  AEPrint).  {OSA  Script}  support 
  allows  programming  of  any  OSA  scripting  component  within 
  Tickle  interpreter  windows.  It  provides  the  OSAtcl  and  OSAJ 
  {J}/{APL}  extensions  and  creates  Ticklets"  which  are  small 
  {application  program}s  that  carry  only  the  tcl  script  and  use 
  code  in  the  OSAtcl  component  to  drive  an  application  that 
  allows  {drag  and  drop}  with  tcl  scripts.  Tickle  is  scriptable 
  and  recordable 
 
  {(ftp://ftp.msen.com/pub/vendor/ice/tickle/Tickle5.0v1.hqx)} 
 
  E-mail:  . 
 
  (1994-10-12)




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