Titillate
/ˈtɪtɪleɪt/ verb
verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To stimulate or excite sensually.
"The dancer titillated her audience with gyrations and suggestive movements."
- 2 excite pleasurably or erotically wordnet
- 3 touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements wordnet
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More examples"The teasers are designed to titillate viewers."
Etymology
From Latin tītillātus, from tītillāre (“to tickle”).