tickling — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. That tickles

   Examples

   a tickling sensation

Noun

1. A sensation that tickles.

   Examples

   ticklings and muscular aches

2. The act by which someone is tickled.

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   It is quite true that the yells and shrieks, the bonnetings and ticklings, the hat throwing and fighting, give way for the instant to an intense desire to behold the sight, and the immense concourse was momentarily hushed in the depth of its excitement […]

Adjective

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

   Synonyms

   tinglingtitillating

Noun

1. the act of tickling

   Synonyms

   tickletitillation

   Broader terms

   touchtouching