tickle
tickle is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To please; to gratify; to make joyous. Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. Pope. Such a nature Tickled with good success, disdains the shadow Which he treads on at noon. Shak.
- 2.To feel titillation. He with secret joy therefore Did tickle inwardly in every vein. Spenser.
- 3.To excite the sensation of titillation. Shak.
- 4.Ticklish; easily tickled. [Obs.]
- 5.Liable to change; uncertain; inconstant. [Obs.] The world is now full tickle, sikerly. Chaucer. So tickle is the state of earthy things. Spenser.
- 6.Wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the slightest touch; unstable; easily overthrown. [Obs.] Thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders, that a milkmaid, if she be in love, may sigh it off. Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- aftertaste
- ambrosia
- ambrosial
- anaesthesia
- and
- appetite
- appetizer
- appetizing
- aura
- benumb
- benumbed
- bocca
- creep
- dainty
- degustation
- delectable
- delicacy
- delicate
- delicatessen
- delicious
- deliciousness
- delightful
- exquisite
- flatter
- flavor
- formication
- game
- gamy
- good
- gout
- gust
- gustable
- gustation
- gustatory
- gustful
- gusto
- impalpable
- insensibility
- intangible
- itch
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is tickle.
- What is to please; to gratify; to make joyous. Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. Pope. Such a nature Tickled with good success, disdains the shadow Which he treads on at noon. Shak called?
- What is to feel titillation. He with secret joy therefore Did tickle inwardly in every vein. Spenser called?
- What is to excite the sensation of titillation. Shak called?
- What is liable to change; uncertain; inconstant. [Obs.] The world is now full tickle, sikerly. Chaucer. So tickle is the state of earthy things. Spenser called?
- What is wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the slightest touch; unstable; easily overthrown. [Obs.] Thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders, that a milkmaid, if she be in love, may sigh it off. Shak called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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