Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of one who tickles.
- noun The sensation produced by the teasing of slight touches on some sensitive part, or the analogous sensation produced on the mind, the imagination, vanity, or the like by the presentation of something pleasing, gratifying, ludicrous, etc.
- noun The act of stirring lightly: said humorously of the soil.
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- verb Present participle of
tickle . - adjective That
tickles - adjective
gargalesthesia
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- adjective exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
- noun the act of tickling
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Examples
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While some people suggest that the laughing associated with this tickling is a nervous response, there is also a theory that tickling is an integral part of social relationships.
Tickle, tickle (part 2) Heather McDougal 2009
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While some people suggest that the laughing associated with this tickling is a nervous response, there is also a theory that tickling is an integral part of social relationships.
Archive 2009-04-01 Heather McDougal 2009
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It's been suggested that gargalesis tickling is a way for the touch of the parent to be associated with pleasure, developing a trust-bond "so that parents may touch a child, in an unpleasant way, should circumstances develop such as the need to treat a painful injury or prevent harm from danger."
Tickle, tickle (part 2) Heather McDougal 2009
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It's been suggested that gargalesis tickling is a way for the touch of the parent to be associated with pleasure, developing a trust-bond "so that parents may touch a child, in an unpleasant way, should circumstances develop such as the need to treat a painful injury or prevent harm from danger."
Archive 2009-04-01 Heather McDougal 2009
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My dear Mazdee, I’m always happy to oblige someone, especially as nice as you in tickling your Ja Ja for something someone else has said.
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When pain does not lead to muscular activity it therefore frequently leads to crying or to moaning, just as tickling, which is equally an incentive to motor activity, results in laughter if it does not find full expression in action.
The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers 1915
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The imagination is sometimes said to be tickled by a ludicrous idea; and this so-called tickling of the mind is curiously analogous with that of the body.
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He recalled tickling an aide during a birthday party in a townhouse he shared with five of his staff members.
AMERICAblog News DC 2010
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Massa, however, recalled tickling a staffer at a birthday party.
chron.com Chronicle 2010
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He did, however, recall tickling a staffer at a birthday party.
Edmonton Sun 2010
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