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Meanings of tickle in English

Portuguese
cócegas
Catalan
pessigolleig
Spanish
cosquillas

The act of tickling.

        cócegas
        Catalan
        pessigollejar

        Touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements.

              pessigollejar
              Portuguese
              eletrizar
              Spanish
              picar

              Feel sudden intense sensation or emotion.

                    eletrizar
                    Usage of tickle in English
                    1
                    You know I don't particularly like animals, especially ones you can't tickle.
                    Are you there, vodka? it's me, chelsea
                    2
                    Long may his elegant Philippics continue to goad and tickle our complacencies!
                    The Irish Times
                    3
                    Dominic Smith has a suggestion that is sure to tickle feminists everywhere.
                    The Guardian
                    4
                    Within thirty seconds of Sutsoff's commands, Alek released a small tickle cough.
                    The panic zone
                    5
                    More like a goose walking over his grave, a tickle of badness.
                    Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
                    6
                    How it would tickle me to hear my niece calling the Hon.
                    Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks / A Picture of New ...
                    7
                    This proposal makes those changes look like a tickle with a feather.
                    The Guardian
                    8
                    I understand how to sing to tickle the ears of my hearers.
                    The Northern Light
                    9
                    A tickle of icy water ran down my scalp, my back, my-
                    The shifter
                    10
                    An effort to tickle the aboriginal sense of humour was a failure.
                    The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
                    11
                    Just the idea seems to tickle me more'n I c'n tell you.
                    The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire; or, Scouting with the Silver Fo...
                    12
                    If he did, it would tickle that bunch to beat the band.
                    The Airplane Boys among the Clouds; Or, Young Aviators in a Wrec...
                    13
                    And then you tickle or do something and then they open up.
                    The new yorker
                    14
                    If that doesn't tickle your fancy, try one of the other dishes.
                    The South African
                    15
                    Still he struggled, and his small nails were starting to tickle her.
                    Before you know kindness
                    16
                    That's enough to tickle the fancy of even the hardest nosed investor.
                    The Irish Times
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                    Tickle through the time
                    Tickle across language varieties
                    United States of America
                    Common
                    United Kingdom
                    Common