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TICKLING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
Synonyms:
tickling; tingling; titillating
Classified under:
Similar:
exciting (creating or arousing excitement)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb tickle
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