tickle

The act of tickling.

An itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling.

I have a persistent tickle in my throat.

A light tap of the ball.

There's a very fine line between a tickle and an edge!

A narrow strait, such as between an island and the shore.

Charts and Plans. [...] No. New Charts. 2253 England, and south coast—Dartmouth harbour. [...] 3320 Newfoundland, Thimble tickles and Glover harbour—Head of Seal bay.

Cow Head itself is a prominent headland connected to the settlement by a natural causeway, or ‘tickle’ as the Newfoundlanders prefer it.

To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.

He tickled Nancy's tummy, and she started to giggle.

If you tickle us, do we not laugh?

To feel as if the body part in question is being tickled.

My nose tickles, and I'm going to sneeze!

To appeal to someone's taste, curiosity etc.

To cause delight or amusement in.

He was tickled to receive such a wonderful gift.

Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

To feel titillation.

He with secret joy therefore Did tickle inwardly in every vein.

Changeable, capricious; insecure.

So ticle be the termes of mortall state, And full of subtile sophismes, which do play With double senses, and with false debate […]