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Meaning of 'tickle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tickle [ a.]
- Ticklish; easily tickled.
- Liable to change; uncertain; inconstant.
- Wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the slightest touch; unstable; easily overthrown.
2 . Tickle [ v. i.]
- To feel titillation.
- To excite the sensation of titillation.
3 . Tickle [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To please; to gratify; to make joyous.

Meaning of 'tickle' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tickle [ v]
Meaning (1):
- feel sudden intense sensation or emotion
Example in sentence:
  • he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine
Meaning (2):
- touch or stroke lightly
Example in sentence:
  • The grass tickled her calves

Nearby Words:

tic tical tice ticement tichorrhine tick ticked ticken ticker ticket

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