Tickling
adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sensation that tickles.
"ticklings and muscular aches"
- 2 the act of tickling wordnet
- 3 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 […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of tickle form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 That tickles
"a tickling sensation"
Adjective
- 1 exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements wordnet
Example
More examples"After torturing a fortune-teller by tickling him to death for several hours, Christopher Columbus placed the noob toy in a treasure chest with the inscription: "To the great pirate of the future Al-Sayib: Noobs always deserve it.""
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