tickle /tikˈl/

1. To excite with a pleasant thrill
2. To produce a disturbing feeling in (someone) by a light touch, usu tending to excite involuntary laughter, accompanied by attempts to wriggle free
3. To amuse (informal)
4. To please (informal)
5. To perplex
6. To touch lightly, esp when catching fish using the hands
7. To beat

1. To be the site of a tickling or itching feeling
2. To tingle (Spenser)

1. Unstable, in unstable equilibrium, delicately set, insecure (Spenser, Shakespeare)
2. Ticklish, nice (obsolete or dialect)

1. An act or feeling of tickling
2. A slight touch, eg (cricket) of the ball with the bat

tickˈler noun

1. Someone or something that tickles
2. A puzzle, a difficult problem (informal)
3. A feather-brush
4. A poker
5. A cane
6. A device for reminding
7. A dram of spirits

tickˈling noun and adjective

tickˈlish adjective

1. Easily tickled
2. Difficult, needing careful attention, treatment, etc
3. Unstable, precarious
4. Easily affected
5. Nice
6. Critical

tickˈlishly adverb

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