Why can't we tickle ourselves?
Source: tatoeba (2153)
Tickle
//ˈtɪkl̩//
Synonyms for "tickle" (132 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (66)
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13 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entrieshas first_subevent
4 entrieshas last_subevent
2 entrieshas prerequisite
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
has subevent
10 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
2 entriesmotivated by_goal
14 entriesrelated to
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
Translations
196 translations across 81 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- kielie verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- γαργαλίζω verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- κνήθω verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Arabic
4 entries- دَغْدَغة noun (act of tickling)
- دَغْدَغَة noun (act of tickling)
- دَغْدَغَ verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- زَغْزَغ verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Armenian
2 entries- խտղտացնել verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- խտղտել verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Asturian
4 entries- cosques noun (act of tickling)
- cosquielles noun (act of tickling)
- rebelgos noun (act of tickling)
- rebelguinos noun (act of tickling)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- qıdıq noun (act of tickling)
- qıdıq noun (an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling)
- qıdıqlama noun (act of tickling)
- qıdıqlamaq verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Belarusian
4 entries- казлыта́ць verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- казыта́ць verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- ласката́ць verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- шлаката́ць verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Bikol Central
2 entries- kutok noun (act of tickling)
- lindok noun (an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling)
Bulgarian
4 entries- гъдел noun (an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling)
- гъделичкане noun (act of tickling)
- гъдел ме е verb (to feel as if being tickled)
- гъдели́чкам verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Catalan
2 entries- pessigolles noun (act of tickling)
- fer pessigolles verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Cebuano
1 entries- gitik noun (act of tickling)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 擳 /𰓜 verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 痒 noun (an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling)
- 痒感 noun (an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling)
- 癢癢 /痒痒 verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- 發癢 /发痒 verb (to feel as if being tickled)
Church Slavic
2 entries- скоктати verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- скъкътати verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Czech
1 entries- lechtat verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Danish
1 entries- kilde verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Dutch
2 entries- kietelen verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- kriebelen verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Esperanto
1 entries- tikli verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Estonian
1 entries- kõditama verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Faroese
1 entries- kitla verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Finnish
4 entries- kutina noun (an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling)
- kutitus noun (act of tickling)
- innostaa verb (to cause delight or amusement)
- jännittää verb (to cause delight or amusement)
French
3 entries- chatouille noun (act of tickling)
- chatouiller verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- faire guili-guili verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Georgian
1 entries- ხიცინი verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
German
2 entries- Kitzeln noun (act of tickling)
- kitzeln verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Greek
2 entries- γαργαλάω verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- γαργαλώ verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Hebrew
1 entries- דיגדג \ דִּגְדֵּג verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Hindi
1 entries- गुदगुदाना verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Icelandic
1 entries- kitla verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Indonesian
1 entries- geletik noun (act of tickling)
Irish
2 entries- cigilt noun (act of tickling)
- cigil verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Italian
3 entries- solletico noun (act of tickling)
- solleticare verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- titillare verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Japanese
1 entries- 擽る verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Kapampangan
2 entries- kalamkam noun (act of tickling)
- lingapngap noun (act of tickling)
Karelian
1 entries- kut’kuttua verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Kazakh
1 entries- қытықтау verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Korean
1 entries- 간질이다 verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- кытыгылоо verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Ladin
1 entries- fé la catidles verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Latgalian
1 entries- kitynuot verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Latin
1 entries- tītillō verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Latvian
1 entries- kutināt verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- łakosćiś verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Macedonian
2 entries- скокотка verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- скокотне verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Malay
1 entries- geletek noun (act of tickling)
Malayalam
2 entries- ഇക്കിളി noun (act of tickling)
- ഇക്കിൾ noun (act of tickling)
Marathi
2 entries- गुदगुली noun (act of tickling)
- गुदगुल्या करणे verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Mongolian
1 entries- гижигдэх verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Māori
4 entries- ngaoko noun (an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling)
- ngaoko verb (to feel as if being tickled)
- noenoe verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- patete verb (to feel as if being tickled)
Nepali
2 entries- काउकुती noun (an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling)
- काउकुती लाउनु noun (act of tickling)
Norman
1 entries- catouoilli verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kile verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kitle verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Occitan
2 entries- cosserguejar verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- cotiguejar verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Old English
4 entries- tinclian verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- tinclian verb (to feel as if being tickled)
- ċitelian verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- ċitelian verb (to feel as if being tickled)
Persian
4 entries- خارش noun (an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling)
- غلغلک noun (act of tickling)
- قلقلک noun (act of tickling)
- قلقلک noun (an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling)
Polish
4 entries- gilanie noun (act of tickling)
- gilgać verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- smyrać verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- łaskotać verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Portuguese
4 entries- cosca noun (act of tickling)
- cosca noun (an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling)
- cosquinha noun (act of tickling)
- cosquinha noun (an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling)
Quechua
1 entries- kullay verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Romanian
1 entries- gâdila verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Russian
4 entries- щеко́тка noun (act of tickling)
- щекота́ние noun (act of tickling)
- пощекота́ть verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- щекота́ть verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- golicanje noun (act of tickling)
- golìcati verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- голѝцати verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Sicilian
3 entries- accattigghiu noun (act of tickling)
- attacchigghiu noun (act of tickling)
- cadugghiari verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Slovak
1 entries- štekliť verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Slovene
2 entries- ščegetati verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- žgečkati verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Southern Altai
1 entries- кычыктаар verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Spanish
4 entries- coscas noun (act of tickling)
- cosquillas noun (act of tickling)
- cosquilleo noun (an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling)
- hormigueo noun (an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling)
Swedish
2 entries- killa verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- kittla verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Tagalog
4 entries- kalamkam noun (act of tickling)
- kiliti noun (act of tickling)
- kiliti noun (an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling)
- kilitiin verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Tajik
2 entries- китиқ кардан verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- ҷиҷолак кардан verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Tamil
4 entries- கிச்சுக்கிச்சு noun (act of tickling)
- கிச்சுக்கிச்சு noun (an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling)
- கிச்சுக்கிச்சுமூட்டு verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- கிச்சுக்கிச்செனல் verb (to feel as if being tickled)
Tausug
1 entries- gitok noun (act of tickling)
Thai
1 entries- จี้ verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Turkish
2 entries- gıdıklamak verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- gıdıklanmak verb (to feel as if being tickled)
Tày
3 entries- chúc chí verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- cắc kẹ verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- dích doóc verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ло́скіт noun (act of tickling)
- лоскота́ння noun (act of tickling)
- залоскота́ти verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- лоскота́ти verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Urdu
1 entries- گدگدانا verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Uyghur
1 entries- غىدىقلىماق verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Uzbek
1 entries- qitiqlamoq verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Vietnamese
4 entries- chọc lét verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- cù verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- cù lét verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
- thọc lét verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Waray-Waray
2 entries- gerikgit noun (act of tickling)
- guluk noun (act of tickling)
Welsh
1 entries- goglais verb (to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
You can't tickle yourself.
Source: tatoeba (665518)
Tickle her nose with a feather while she's sleeping and see if she wakes up.
Source: tatoeba (963949)
Why can't we tickle each other?
Source: tatoeba (1017935)
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