What is "tickle" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does tickle mean in English? Meaning of tickle definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "tickle" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "tickle": a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking

Noun

  • Meaning: a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking
  • Synonyms: tickle
  • Hypernyms: cutaneous sensation haptic sensation skin sensation
  • Meaning of "tickle": touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements

    Verb

  • Meaning: touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
  • Synonyms: tickle titillate vellicate
  • Hypernyms: itch
  • Meaning of "tickle": the act of tickling

    Noun

  • Meaning: the act of tickling
  • Synonyms: tickle tickling titillation
  • Hypernyms: touch touching
  • Meaning of "tickle": feel sudden intense sensation or emotion

    Verb

  • Meaning: feel sudden intense sensation or emotion
  • Example: he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine
  • Synonyms: thrill tickle vibrate
  • Hypernyms: excite shake shake up stimulate stir
  • Meaning of "tickle": touch or stroke lightly

    Verb

  • Meaning: touch or stroke lightly
  • Example: The grass tickled her calves
  • Synonyms: tickle
  • Hypernyms: caress fondle
  • Adjective: The act of tickling.A feeling resembling the result of tickling. I have a persistent tickle in my throat.(Newfoundland) A narrow strait. 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 169: Cow Head itself is a prominent headland connected to the settlement by a natural causeway, or ‘tickle’ as the Newfoundlanders prefer it.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 169: Cow Head itself is a prominent headland connected to the settlement by a natural causeway, or ‘tickle’ as the Newfoundlanders prefer it.
  • Synonyms:

    gratify, pat, thrill, please, amuse, excite, delight, titillate, enchant, itch, pet, convulse, stroke, caress, tingle, touch, entertain, divert, stimulate, brush, vellicate,

    Antonyms:

    annoy, disappoint, pain, anger, disturb, upset, depress, bore, disenchant, repulse,

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