|
  • Search Results
  • Advanced Search
  • List Builder
  • Random Word

tickle

DEFINITIONS OF: tickle

1

v touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements

Synonyms:
titillate, vellicate
Type of:
itch
have or perceive an itch

v touch or stroke lightly

“The grass tickled her calves”
Type of:
caress, fondle
touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner

v feel sudden intense sensation or emotion

Synonyms:
thrill, vibrate
Type of:
excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

n the act of tickling

Synonyms:
tickling, titillation
Type of:
touch, touching
the act of putting two things together with no space between them

n a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking

Type of:
cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensation
a sensation localized on the skin
Launch
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES