tickle

Tickle is defined as to please or amuse, or to lightly touch the skin of someone to produce a tingling sensation.

(verb)

The definition of a tickle is a light touching of the skin to cause a tingling sensation of the nerves, or to have an itching or tingling sensation.

(noun)

See tickle in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb tickled, tickling

to please, gratify, delight, etc.: often used in the passive voice with slang intensifiers, as , , or
to stir to amusement or laughter; amuse
to excite the surface nerves of, as by touching or stroking lightly with the finger, a feather, etc., in a way that causes involuntary twitching, a pleasant tingling, laughter, etc.

Origin: ME tikelen, akin to Ger dial. zickeln, OE tinclian, to tickle: for IE base see tick

intransitive verb

noun

See tickle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb tick·led, tick·ling, tick·les

verb, transitive

To touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements.
a. To tease or excite pleasurably; titillate: suspense that tickles the reader's curiosity.
b. To fill with mirth or pleasure; delight. See Synonyms at please.

verb, intransitive

To feel or cause a tingling sensation.

noun