tickling
present participle oftickle
tickle
verb
uk/ˈtɪk.əl/us/ˈtɪk.əl/tickleverb(RUB SKIN)
[T]
totouchsomeonelightlywithyourfingers, making themslightlyuncomfortableand often making themlaugh:
Stop! You're tickling me!
I tickled herfeetand shelaughed.
[IorT]
If apartof thebodytickles, or if something tickles it, itfeelsslightlyuncomfortableand youwanttorubit:
Mynoseis tickling, IthinkI'm going tosneeze.
Scratching and rubbing
- abrade
- abrasion
- chafe
- erode
- grate
- graze
- key
- rasp
- rubsomethingdown
- rubdown
- scour
- scoursomethingout
- scrape
- scratch
- scratching
- smooth
- tickle
- wear
- wear(something)away
tickleverb(PLEASE)
[Toften passive]informal
If something tickles you, youfinditfunnyor it makes youhappy:
old-fashionedI was tickledpink(= veryhappy)tohearthenews.
Causing pleasure
- agreeable
- agreeableness
- agreeably
- all things to all peopleidiom
- attractive
- deliciously
- delight
- delightful
- delightfully
- distraction
- homely
- homey
- indulgent
- indulgently
- jovial
- sensual
- sensuous
- sensuously
- serendipitous
- sweeten
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Humour & humorous
Idiom
ticklesomeone'sfancy
Examplesoftickling
tickling
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Although most laughter results from physical contact such astickling, it also occurs during chasing play.
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Later, whileticklingher infant, she loomed close to her face and bared her teeth.
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I can simultaneously experience a mild burning sensation extended for an inch along my arm, and, say, a pleasantticklingsensation extended for three inches on my back.
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Ad hoc physical play comprising wrestling,tickling, and hugging was also common in the wings.
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The infant responds to maternal touching andticklingwith laughter and smiling, acts reinforcing further maternal touching until it becomes excessive, when the infant begins to fuss and cry.
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His speech then, like his speech this afternoon, was full of unction and piety and laced with pantomimeticklingand farce.
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That passed after a few hours, but by the next day aticklingsensation in one leg was followed by a swelling in my calf.
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People always assert that they do not believe in ghosts but at the same time there is an agreeablyticklingsensation caused by listening to narratives of ghosts.
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Paul's byticklingthe dome.
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The enjoyment ofticklingin chimpanzees does not diminish with age.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Essentially, a tickler file provides a way to send a reminder to oneself in the future --ticklingone's memory.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Children's oral history is provided by parents and other relatives who also useticklingand onomatopoeic noise to hold the child's attention.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For example, they taught the word more by usingticklingas a reward.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The underarm is a target fortickling, due to its sensitivity.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.You just wish the whole lot of them would startticklingeach other.
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