TICKLE
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Tic"kle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tickled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tickling (?).] [Perhaps freq. of tick to beat; pat; but cf. also AS. citelian to tickle, D. kittelen, G. kitzlen, OHG. chizzil&ō;n, chuzzil&ō;n, Icel. kitla. Cf. Kittle, v. t.] 1. To touch lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of spasm which become dengerous if too long protracted.
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If you tickle us, do we not laugh?
Shak.
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2. To please; to gratify; to make joyous.
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Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pope.
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Such a nature
Tickled with good success, disdains the shadow
Which he treads on at noon.
Shak.
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Tic"kle, v. i. 1. To feel titillation.
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He with secret joy therefore
Did tickle inwardly in every vein.
Spenser.
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2. To excite the sensation of titillation. Shak.
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Tic"kle, a. 1. Ticklish; easily tickled. [Obs.]
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2. Liable to change; uncertain; inconstant. [Obs.]
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The world is now full tickle, sikerly.
Chaucer.
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So tickle is the state of earthy things.
Spenser.
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3. Wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the slightest touch; unstable; easily overthrown. [Obs.]
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Thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders, that a milkmaid, if she be in love, may sigh it off.
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