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tickling

 
Adjective tickling has 1 sense
  1. tickling, tingling, titillating - exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
    Antonym: unexciting (indirect, via exciting)
Noun tickling has 1 sense
  1. tickle, tickling, titillation - the act of tickling
    --1 is a kind of touch, touching
    Derived forms: verb tickle1, verb tickle3
Verb tickle has 3 senses
  1. tickle, titillate, vellicate - touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
    --1 is one way to itch
    Derived forms: noun tickle2, noun tickle1, noun tickling1
    Sample sentence:
    Did he tickle his foot?
  2. thrill, tickle, vibrate - feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"
    --2 is one way to stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s somebody
  3. tickle - touch or stroke lightly; "The grass tickled her calves"
    --3 is one way to
    caress
    Derived forms: noun tickle1, noun tickle2, noun tickling1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
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