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. [1913 Webster]

If you tickle us, do we not laugh? --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. To please; to gratify; to make joyous. [1913 Webster]

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Such a nature Tickled with good success, disdains the shadow Which he treads on at noon. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

73 Moby Thesaurus words for "tickling": alluring, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, coquettish, enchanting, engaging, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, exotic, fascinating, fetching, flirtatious, glamorous, hypnotic, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, juicy, lively, mesmeric, mouth-watering, piquant, pleasant stimulation, prepossessing, provocative, provoking, provoquant, racy, ravishing, readable, rich, seducing, seductive, siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, spicy, stimulating, succulent, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, thought-challenging, thought-inspiring, thought-provoking, tickle, tickliness, ticklish, ticklishness, tickly, titillating, titillation, titillative, winning, winsome, witching

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

tickling adj : exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements [syn: tingling, titillating]

noun

the act of tickling [syn: tickle, titillation]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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.

If you tickle us, do we not laugh? --Shak.

2. To please; to gratify; to make joyous.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. --Pope.

Such a nature Tickled with good success, disdains the shadow Which he treads on at noon. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)