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Definition tickle

Etymology

From Middle English tiklen, tikelen, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a frequentative form of Middle English tikken (“to touch lightly”), thus equivalent to tick +‎ -le; or perhaps related to Old English tinclian (“to tickle”). Compare North Frisian tigele (“to tickle”) (Hallig dialect), and tiikle (“to tickle”) (Amrum dialect), German dialectal zicklen (“to excite; stir up”). Alternatively, compare Middle English kitlelen ("to tickle"; see kittle), of which tickle might ultimately be a metathetic alteration of.

Noun

tickle (plural tickles)

1. The act of tickling.
2. An itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling.
3. (cricket, informal) A light tap of the ball.
4. (Newfoundland) A narrow strait.

Verb

tickle (third-person singular simple present tickles, present participle tickling, simple past and past participle tickled)

1. (transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.
2. (transitive) To unexpectedly touch or stroke delicately in a manner which causes displeasure or withdrawal.
3. (intransitive, of a body part) To feel as if the body part in question is being tickled.
4. (transitive) To appeal to someone's taste, curiosity etc.
5. (transitive) To cause delight or amusement in.
6. (intransitive) To feel titillation.
7. (transitive) To catch fish in the hand (usually in rivers or smaller streams) by manually stimulating the fins [often illegal]
8. (archaic) To be excited or heartened.

Adjective

tickle (comparative more tickle, superlative most tickle)

1. Changeable, capricious; insecure.

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