Tickle — Defs

01 v. t. To touch lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of spasm which become dangero…

imp. & p. p. Tickled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tickling

1.
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.
“If you tickle us, do we not laugh?” — Shak.
2.
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.

02 v. i. To feel titillation.

1.
To feel titillation.
“He with secret joy therefore Did tickle inwardly in every vein.” — Spenser.
2.
To excite the sensation of titillation.

03 a. Ticklish; easily tickled.

1.
Ticklish; easily tickled.[Obs.]
2.
Liable to change; uncertain; inconstant.[Obs.]
“The world is now full tickle, sikerly.” — Chaucer.

“So tickle is the state of earthy things.” — Spenser.
3.
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.