tickle

tickle
    n 1: a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking
    2: the act of tickling [syn: {tickle}, {tickling},
       {titillation}]
    v 1: touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface
         nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic
         movements [syn: {tickle}, {titillate}, {vellicate}]
    2: feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by
       the speed and the roar of the engine" [syn: {thrill},
       {tickle}, {vibrate}]
    3: touch or stroke lightly; "The grass tickled her calves"
    

Tickle \Tic"kle\, v. i.
   1. To feel titillation.
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            He with secret joy therefore
            Did tickle inwardly in every vein.    --Spenser.
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   2. To excite the sensation of titillation. --Shak.
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Tickle \Tic"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tickled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Tickling}.] [Perhaps freq. of tick to beat; pat; but cf.
   also AS. citelian to tickle, D. kittelen, G. kitzlen, OHG.
   chizzil[=o]n, chuzzil[=o]n, Icel. kitla. Cf. {Kittle}, v. t.]
   1. To touch lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling
      sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of
      spasm which become dengerous if too long protracted.
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            If you tickle us, do we not laugh?    --Shak.
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   2. To please; to gratify; to make joyous.
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            Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. --Pope.
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            Such a nature
            Tickled with good success, disdains the shadow
            Which he treads on at noon.           --Shak.
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Tickle \Tic"kle\, a.
   1. Ticklish; easily tickled. [Obs.]
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   2. Liable to change; uncertain; inconstant. [Obs.]
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            The world is now full tickle, sikerly. --Chaucer.
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            So tickle is the state of earthy things. --Spenser.
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   3. Wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the slightest
      touch; unstable; easily overthrown. [Obs.]
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            Thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders, that a
            milkmaid, if she be in love, may sigh it off.
                                                  --Shak.
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Tickle

   <text, tool> A {text editor}, file translator and {TCL}
   {interpreter} for the {Macintosh}.

   Version 5.0v1.  The text editor breaks the 32K limit (like
   {MPW}).

   The file translation utilities support {drag and drop}
   handling via tcl scripts of {BinHex}, {MacBinary}, {Apple
   Computer} Single/Double, {StuffIt} (with engine), {Unix}
   {compress}, {Unix} {tar} and {UUencode} files as well as text
   translation.

   Tickle implements tcl 7.0 with {tclX} extensions and
   {Macintosh} equivalents of {Unix}'s {ls}, {pwd}, {cd}
   commands.  It provides Macintosh access to {Resource Manager},
   {Communications Toolbox}, {OSA} Components (and
   {AppleScript}), {Editions} (publish and subscribe) and {Apple
   Events} (including AEBuild and AEPrint).  {OSA Script} support
   allows programming of any OSA scripting component within
   Tickle interpreter windows.  It provides the OSAtcl and OSAJ
   {J}/{APL} extensions and creates "Ticklets" which are small
   {application programs} that carry only the tcl script and use
   code in the OSAtcl component to drive an application that
   allows {drag and drop} with tcl scripts.  Tickle is scriptable
   and recordable.

   (ftp://ftp.msen.com/pub/vendor/ice/tickle/Tickle5.0v1.hqx).

   E-mail: <[email protected]>.

   (1994-10-12)
    

118 Moby Thesaurus words for "tickle":
      affect the interest, agitate, amuse, appeal, arouse, attract,
      be attractive, beak, becharm, beckon, beguile, bewitch,
      blow the coals, brush, bunt, captivate, carry away, charm, chuck,
      concern, convulse, dab, delectate, delight, divert, enchant,
      engage, enliven, enrapture, enravish, entertain, enthrall,
      entrance, excite, excite interest, exhilarate, fan, fan the flame,
      fascinate, feed the fire, ferment, fetch, fillip, fire, flick,
      flip, flirt, flush, foment, fracture one, freak out, give a thrill,
      gratify, graze, heat, heat up, imparadise, impassion, incense,
      incite, inflame, instigate, interest, intoxicate, invite,
      involve in, kill, knock dead, knock out, loosen up, nettle, pat,
      peck, pick, pique, pleasant stimulation, please, provoke,
      put up to, raise a laugh, raise a smile, rally, rap, ravish,
      recreate, refresh, regale, relax, send, set on, sic on, slay, snap,
      solace, stimulate, stir the embers, stir up, summon, tantalize,
      tap, tease, tempt, thrill, tickle pink, tickliness, tickling,
      ticklishness, tip, titillate, titillation, touch, transport, whet,
      whet the appetite, whip up, whisk, work up, wow