tickle
IPA: tˈɪkʌɫ
noun
- The act of tickling.
- An itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling.
- (cricket, informal) A light tap of the ball.
- (Newfoundland) A narrow strait.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
verb
- (transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.
- (transitive) To unexpectedly touch or stroke delicately in a manner which causes displeasure or withdrawal.
- (intransitive, of a body part) To feel as if the body part in question is being tickled.
- (transitive) To appeal to someone's taste, curiosity etc.
- (transitive) To cause delight or amusement in.
- (intransitive) To feel titillation.
- (transitive) To catch fish in the hand (usually in rivers or smaller streams) by manually stimulating the fins.
- (archaic) To be excited or heartened.
adjective
- (obsolete) Changeable, capricious; insecure.
adverb
- Insecurely, precariously, unstably.
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Examples of "tickle" in Sentences
- This tickled the girl.
- The boy tickled his brother.
- We used to tickle the goldfish in the pond
- He was tickled pink by the accent and the etiquette.
- It tickled and the sounds in my ear were incredible.
- Of course, this inflicts extreme tickle of the victim.
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