TICKLE definition: to touch or stroke lightly with the fingers, a feather, etc., so as to excite a tingling or itching sensation in; titillate. See examples of tickle used in a sentence.
Define tickle. tickle synonyms, tickle pronunciation, tickle translation, English dictionary definition of tickle. v. tick led , tick ling , tick les v. tr. 1. To touch lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements. 2. a. To tease or excite pleasurably;...
us / ˈtɪk əl / an unpleasant feeling in your throat that might make you cough (Definition of tickle from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Gargalesis, or tickle, is one of the most trivial yet enigmatic human behaviors. We do not know how a touch becomes ticklish or why we respond to other people’s tickles but not our own.
When you tickle someone, you move your fingers lightly over their body, often in order to make them laugh. I was tickling him, and he was laughing.
Definition of tickle verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to stroke lightly with the fingers, with a feather, etc., so as to cause a tingling or itching sensation in:[~ + object] To wake him up she would tickle his nose with a feather.
The meaning of TICKLE is to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements.
tickle (third-person singular simple present tickles, present participle tickling, simple past and past participle tickled) (transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.