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tick·le

(tĭk′əl)

v. tick·led, tick·ling, tick·les

v.tr.

1. To touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements.

a. To tease or excite pleasurably; titillate: suspense that tickles the reader's curiosity.

b. To fill with mirth or pleasure; delight.

v.intr.

To feel or cause a tingling sensation.

1. The act of tickling.

2. A tickling sensation.

Idiom:

tickled pink Informal

Very pleased; delighted: I was tickled pink by the compliment.

[Middle English tikelen, perhaps frequentative of ticken, to touch lightly.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

tickling

(ˈtɪklɪŋ)

the act of touching, stroking, or poking a person, part of the body, etc, so as to produce pleasure, laughter, or a twitching sensation

adj

1. of or relating to a feeling of being tickled

2. causing a sensation of itching, tingling, or irritation

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

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Noun	1.	tickling - the act of tickling tickle, titillation touching, touch - the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"
Adj.	1.	tickling - exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements tingling, titillating exciting - creating or arousing excitement; "an exciting account of her trip"

Translations

chatouillis

tickling

[ˈtɪklɪŋ] N → cosquillas fpl

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tickling

[ˈtɪklɪŋ]

1. n → solletico

2. adj (sensation) → di solletico; (cough) → che provoca una sensazione di irritazione in gola

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

tick·ling

n. cosquilla.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

tickling

n cosquillas, cosquilleo

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He's much more likely to do the tickling. Chain mail, or an American football suit--that's what you'll want.

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He straightened himself to face this problem, ignoring the hint of James, who was weaving circles about his legs expectant of more tickling. A man cannot spend his time tickling cats when he has to concentrate on a dilemma of this kind.

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Lucy was naturally pleased that cousin Tom was so good to her, and it was very amusing to see him tickling a fat toad with a piece of string when the toad was safe down the area, with an iron grating over him.

Tickling a fat toad who is not highly sensitive is an amusement that it is possible to exhaust, and Tom by and by began to look round for some other mode of passing the time.

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'That, ladies and gentlemen,' said Mrs Jarley, 'is jasper Packlemerton of atrocious memory, who courted and married fourteen wives, and destroyed them all, by tickling the soles of their feet when they were sleeping in the consciousness of innocence and virtue.

Observe that his fingers are curled as if in the act of tickling, and that his face is represented with a wink, as he appeared when committing his barbarous murders.'

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Mummy, my precious!..." she whispered incessantly, kissing her head, her hands, her face, and feeling her own irrepressible and streaming tears tickling her nose and cheeks.

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As bad was Harley Kennan's trick of catching him gloriously asleep on an edge of Villa's skirt and of tickling the hair between his toes and making him kick involuntarily in his sleep, until he kicked himself awake to hearing of gurgles and snickers of laughter at his expense.

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But annoying or making your friends laugh are not the only reasons to enjoy tickling since it may have health benefits too.

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Lottie Daley was on the show to discuss with Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes whether tickling youngsters should be made illegal.

Mum SLAMMED for insisting that parents need a CHILD's permission to change nappy; "I want her to know that it's her body"

ComedianRussell Brandrecently said he would "punch" anyone who tried to tickle his daughters and said tickling should be banned as it was an invasion of their personal space.

Mum says parents should seek 'consent' from their kids to change nappies and clean them; Lottie Daley was part of a debate on This Morning arguing that issues around body autonomy and consent should be introduced from childhood

KEN Dodd may have two of his trademark tickling sticks in his coffin when he is laid to rest.