Antonyms for tickle

Grammar : Verb

Spell : tik-uhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɪk əl

Definition of tickle

Origin : early 14c. (intransitive) "to be thrilled or tingling," of uncertain origin, possibly a frequentative form of tick (2) in its older sense of "to touch." The Old English form was tinclian. Some suggest a metathesis of kittle (Middle English kytyllen), from Dutch kietelen, from a common North Sea Germanic word for "to tickle" (cf. Old Norse kitla, Old High German kizzilon, German kitzeln).
Meaning "to excite agreeably" (late 14c.) is a translation of Latin titillare. Meaning "to touch lightly so as to cause a peculiar and uneasy sensation" is recorded from late 14c.; that of "to poke or touch so as to excite laughter" is from early 15c.; figurative sense of "to excite, amuse" is attested from 1680s. Related: Tickled; tickling. The noun is recorded from 1801.

verb make laugh

Example sentences :

At night he would rub his unshaven cheek on Sue's small cheek and tickle her.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

There is nothing I am fonder of—— Sometimes I tickle the soles of my feet with it.
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

Sometimes she'd sit down to tickle her neck with her hind-feet.
Extract from : « Creatures of the Night » by Alfred W. Rees

A “tickle” is a narrow passage of water between two islands.
Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan

Jimmie had brought her through the tickle without knowing it.
Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan

But for me and this set of Bell, Mr. Tickle would seem to have sunk into obscurity.
Extract from : « Journeys to Bagdad » by Charles S. Brooks

This seems to tickle Betty so much that she has to lean over and chuckle on my shoulder.
Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford

You may tickle me with that straw a good long while before I shall laugh, I can tell you.
Extract from : « Romola » by George Eliot

What did he say that for but to tickle the palates of the white people?
Extract from : « Booker T. Washington » by Emmett J. Scott and Lyman Beecher Stowe

Your grandmother's snake-cane wouldn't more than tickle him.
Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather

Synonyms for tickle

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