Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Adjective

The word "tickling" can be used as noun, verb, adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

disturb conversation

Causes

getting kicked getting slapped giggles giggling involuntary knee jerk reactions itchiness lack of breath laugh laughing laughter make laugh nausea pain squirming wet pants

Inflected/Variant Forms

tickle

Prerequisites

at least two persons being ticklish evil intent hands intimate relationship laughter physical contact tickle using fingers

Has Property

fun

Subevents

fast breathing get tickled back get tickled bak getting sexually aroused hold on to laugh laughing laughter other person will laugh terrible misunderstanding whisper in lovers ear wiggle fingers

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

touch touching

Type Of (IsA)

form of torture pressing sensory event touching

Related Terms

tickle

Similar Terms

exciting exciting

Synonym Network

tickle

Used For

acting on ulterior motives annoying annoying older sister being silly bugging causing laughter creating good will creating pleasure driving crazy elmo establishing dominance expressing intimacy flirting forcing to laugh fun having fun humor increasing intamacy interacting with laughs little kids making angry at making baby laugh making child laugh making cry making laugh making laught making one getting tickled laugh making people laugh helplessly making person giggle play provoking laughter sensation sexual foreplay showing affection teasing testing reflexes

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.