How to pronounce “tickle”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• The act of tickling.
• An itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling.
• (cricket, informal) A light tap of the ball.
• (Newfoundland) A narrow strait, such as between an island and the shore.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.
• (intransitive, of a body part) To feel as if the body part in question is being tickled.
• (transitive) To appeal to someone's taste, curiosity etc.
• (transitive) To cause delight or amusement in.
• (intransitive) To feel titillation.
• (transitive) To catch fish in the hand (usually in rivers or smaller streams) by manually stimulating the fins.
• (archaic) To be excited or heartened.
• [Adjective]
• (obsolete) Changeable, capricious; insecure.
• [Adverb]
• Insecurely, precariously, unstably.

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