Meaning

noun a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking

noun the act of tickling

verb touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements

originFrom Middle English tiklen, tikelen, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a frequentative form of Middle English tikken (“to touch lightly”), thus equivalent to tick + -le; or perhaps related to Old English tinclian (“to tickle”). Compare North Frisian tigele (“to tickle”) (Hallig dialect), and tiikle (“to tickle”) (Amrum dialect), German dialectal zicklen (“to excite; stir up”). Alternatively, from…

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