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TICKLING

\tˈɪklɪŋ], \tˈɪklɪŋ], \t_ˈɪ_k_l_ɪ_ŋ]\

Definitions of TICKLING

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

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

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
of Tickle

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Titillation; a peculiar disagreeable sensation, caused by repeated light stimulation of the cutaneous nerve-endings; it is accompanied by reflex involuntary laughing, sometimes followed, if the irritation is continued, by convulsions.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

A light touch that causes one to twitch or feel a peculiar sensation provocative to laughter.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Light stimulation of a sensitive surface and its reflex effect, such as involuntary laughter, etc.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

n. Act of affecting by slight touches; titillation;- act of pleasing by slight gratifications; excitement of the palate.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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