Tickle1. (v. t.) To touch lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of spasm which become dangerous if too long protracted.
2. (v. t.) To please; to gratify; to make joyous.
3. (v. i.) To feel titillation.
4. (v. i.) To excite the sensation of titillation.
5. (a.) Ticklish; easily tickled.
6. (a.) Liable to change; uncertain; inconstant.
7. (a.) Wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the slightest touch; unstable; easily overthrown.
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