[syn: tickling, tingling, titillating]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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 dangerous 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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tickling
adj 1: exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or
twitching movements [syn: tickling, tingling,
titillating]
n 1: the act of tickling [syn: tickle, tickling,
titillation]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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