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1. A cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking
    
2. The act of tickling
   - tickling, titillation

1. Touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
   - titillate, vellicate
    
2. Feel sudden intense sensation or emotion
   "he was tickled by the speed and the roar of the engine";
   - thrill, vibrate
    
3. Touch or stroke lightly
   "The grass tickled her calves"
    
4. Appeal to someone's taste, curiosity etc.

Derived forms: tickling, tickles, tickled

Type of: caress, cutaneous sensation, excite, fondle, haptic sensation, itch, shake, shake up, skin sensation, stimulate, stir, touch, touching

Encyclopedia: Tickle