Tickle Definition
tĭkəl
tickled, tickles, tickling
verb
tickled, tickles, tickling
To please, gratify, delight, etc.
Webster's New World
To cause a tickling sensation.
That feather tickles.
Webster's New World
To excite the surface nerves of, as by touching or stroking lightly with the finger, a feather, etc., in a way that causes involuntary twitching, a pleasant tingling, laughter, etc.
Webster's New World
To tease or excite pleasurably; titillate.
Suspense that tickles the reader's curiosity.
American Heritage
To stir to amusement or laughter; amuse.
Webster's New World
noun
tickles
A tickling or being tickled.
Webster's New World
A tickling sensation.
Webster's New World
(Newfoundland) A narrow strait.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- titillation
- tickling
- tickliness
- titivation
adjective
Wiktionary
idiom
tickled pink
- Very pleased; delighted:
I was tickled pink by the compliment.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Tickle
Noun
Singular:
tickle
Plural:
ticklesIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Tickle
Origin of Tickle
Middle English tikelen, related to Old English tinclian (“to tickle"). Cognate with North Frisian "tigele" (Hallig dialect), and "tiikle" (Amrum dialect).
From Wiktionary
Middle English tikelen perhaps frequentative of ticken to touch lightly
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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