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😆 Light touch play 😆 Causing laughter
tickling

tickling

2.8
Causing a light, itchy touch that makes you laugh
  • adjective
  • /ˈtɪk.lɪŋ/
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  • The children squealed with joy during the tickling game in the sunny park.

Examples

  • The comedian's routine included tickling stories that had the audience in fits of laughter.

  • And so, yeah, so you definitely want to just give them a little bit of a tickling to work those roots out.

  • They're like nodules within the the web of of neurons and electrical tickling of that will snap the patient out of this obsessive compulsive disorder.

  • She found his playful tickling to be the perfect way to lighten the mood during the serious conversation.

Synonyms

titillation
vstickling
1 8.2

Lightly touching someone to make them laugh or squirm

has identical meaning but is a different word form

Antonyms

calm
735 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

to bore
15 1.4

To make someone feel tired or not interested by being dull when you speak

How Funny

uproar
47 3.9
hilarity
12 5.2
tickling
2.8
amusement
65 1.2
fun
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

tickling positive

Morphology

tickling = tickle (transparent) = tickle + ing

A straightforward present participle/gerund formed from the verb 'tickle'; meaning directly follows from the base verb.

Etymology

Tickling comes from the old verb tickle, which meant 'to touch lightly'. Think of a feather or a soft breeze that makes you laugh or twitch, and you can see why we call that light, laugh-making feeling 'tickling'.