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Titillate

//ˈtɪtɪleɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To stimulate or excite sensually.

    "The dancer titillated her audience with gyrations and suggestive movements."

  2. 2
    excite pleasurably or erotically wordnet
  3. 3
    touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements wordnet

Etymology

From Latin tītillātus, from tītillāre (“to tickle”).

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