Tickle

(tĭk'əl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. TICKLED; p. pr. & vb. n. TICKLING.] [Diminutive of tick, to beat, pat, D. & L. Ger. ticken, to touch slightly, Prov. Eng. tick, a slight touch. Cf. A-S. tinclan, toleccan, citelian, to tickle, Prov. Ger. zinkeln, Eng. tingle and kittle, O. H. Ger. kizilon, N. H. Ger. kitzeln.] 1. To touch lightly, so as to cause a peculiar thrilling sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of spasm which may become dangerous if too long protracted. If you tickle us, do we not laugh? Shak. 2. To please by slight gratification. “Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.” Pope. Such a nature Tickled with good success. Shak.

(tĭk′l), v. i. 1. To feel titillation. He with secret joy therefore Did tickle inwardly in every vein. Spencer. 2. To excite the sensation of titillation.