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tickling |
2 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 WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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