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TICKLING

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The act of tickling

Synonyms:

tickle; tickling; titillation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("tickling" is a kind of...):

touch; touching (the act of putting two things together with no space between them)

Derivation:

tickle (touch or stroke lightly)

tickle (touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements

Synonyms:

tickling; tingling; titillating

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

exciting (creating or arousing excitement)

 III. (verb) 

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-ing form of the verb tickle

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