tickling

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adjective

That tickles

“a tickling sensation”

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tinglingtitillatingexcitingtickletitillation
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of tickle
adjective
  1. That tickles

    a tickling sensation

nountickling (plural ticklings)

plural ticklings

  1. A sensation that tickles.

    ticklings and muscular aches

  2. The act by which someone is tickled.

    It is quite true that the yells and shrieks, the bonnetings and ticklings, the hat throwing and fighting, give way for the instant to an intense desire to behold the sight, and the immense concourse was momentarily hushed in the depth of its excitement […]

    1998, Victorian Periodicals Review, volume 31, page 290

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveexciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements

Similar
tinglingtitillatingexciting

nounthe act of tickling

Similar
tickletitillation
Broader
touchtouching
Also see
tickletinglingtitillatingtitillation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

tickling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tickling

MLA

“tickling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tickling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tickling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tickling.

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