ticklingn.

/ˈtɪklɪŋ/

Etymology: < tickle v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

The action or condition denoted by the verb tickle v.¹

1. An uneasy sensation as of the teasing of some sensitive part of the skin or mucous membrane; slight nervous irritation akin to itching.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > sensation of being tickled > [noun]

tickling1398

titillation1621

tickle1880

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum v. xxviii. (Bodl.) lf. 16/1 Þe whiche wormes litel & litel wroteþ and eteþ þe skyn & makeþ tikeling and icching.

c1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 61 When-someuer þe pacient feleþ tyklyng or ychyng or prykkyng in þe lure.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §766 All tickling is a light motion of the spirits, which the thinness of the skin, and suddenness and rareness of the touch do further.

1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xx. 242 A sensation of tickling in the mucous membrane of the trachea.

1898 J. Hutchinson in Archives Surg. 9 341 He had some tickling in his throat.

2. figurative. A tingling or ‘itching’ to do something; uneasy desire, craving, hankering.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [noun]

itching1340

miscovetise1496

itch1532

tickling1553

impatiency1564

cacoethes1570

impatience1581

pruritation1653

pruriency1656

mangea1674

prurience1777

1553 Short Catech. in Liturgies, etc. (Parker Soc.) 521 Our will is commonly by tickling of affections and stirring of lusts, drawn to do those things that God is displeased with.

1558 J. Knox First Blast against Monstruous Regiment Women f. 24 Women haue in them selues a tickling and studie of vaine glorie.

1684 Bp. G. Burnet tr. T. More Utopia 124 These things may create some tickling in the Senses.

1874 ‘G. Eliot’ College Breakfast Party in Macmillan's Mag. July 175 Whose brain..Has feeble ticklings of a vanity.

a. A repeated light touching, stroking, or poking, such as to cause laughter; a state of being tickled; figurative pleasing excitation, gratification; also, excitement of the risible faculty, amusement.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > sensation of being tickled > tickling > [noun]

kittlingc1000

tickling1423

titillation1615

vellication1623

tickle1801

the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [noun] > titillation

titillationc1450

tickling1548

titivation1914

1423 Kingis Quair xxi With the tiklyng of his hete and light, The tender flouris opnyt thame and sprad.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 493/2 Tykyllynge, titillacio.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. 3 The pleasaunt ticleyng or clawyng of adulacion.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 311 They who naturally are enclined and disposed to laughter, are to avoid and decline the ticklings and soft handling in those parts of the body that are most smooth, sleicke and tender.

1664 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 4) i. 59 A certain tickling of the Ears of those who do not well understand what it is to sing Passionately.

1728 E. Young Love of Fame ii, in Wks. (1757) I. 94 Tickling is unsafe, If still 'tis painful while it makes us laugh.

1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals viii. 201 This so-called tickling of the mind is curiously analogous with that of the body.

†b. Used as a term of endearment. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun]

darlingc888

belamy?c1225

culver?c1225

dearc1230

sweetheartc1290

heartc1300

sweetc1330

honeya1375

dovec1386

jewelc1400

birdc1405

cinnamonc1405

honeycombc1405

lovec1405

wantonc1450

mulling?a1475

daisyc1485

crowdy-mowdy?a1513

honeysop?a1513

powsowdie?a1513

suckler?a1513

foolc1525

buttinga1529

whitinga1529

beautiful1534

turtle-dove1535

soula1538

heartikin1540

bully?1548

turtle1548

lamba1556

nyletc1557

sweet-lovea1560

coz1563

ding-ding1564

pugs1566

golpol1568

sparling1570

lover1573

pug1580

bulkin1582

mopsy1582

chuck1589

bonny1594

chick1594

sweetikin1596

ladybird1597

angel1598

muss1598

pinkany1599

sweetkin1599

duck1600

joy1600

sparrowc1600

sucket1605

nutting1606

chuckaby1607

tickling1607

bagpudding1608

heartling1608

chucking1609

dainty1611

flittermouse1612

honeysuckle1613

fubs1614

bawcocka1616

pretty1616

old thinga1625

bun1627

duckling1630

bulchin1633

bulch?c1640

sweetling1648

friscoa1652

ding-dongs1662

buntinga1668

cocky1680

dearie1681

chucky1683

lovey1684

machree1689

nykin1693

pinkaninny1696

nug1699

hinny1724

puss1753

pet1767

dovey1769

sweetie1778

lovey-dovey1781

lovely1791

ducky1819

toy1822

acushla1825

alanna1825

treat1825

amigo1830

honey child1832

macushla1834

cabbage1840

honey-bunch1874

angel pie1878

m'dear1887

bach1889

honey baby1895

prawn1895

hon1896

so-and-so1897

cariad1899

pumpkin1900

honey-bun1902

pussums1912

snookums1919

treasure1920

wogger1922

amico1929

sugar1930

baby cake1949

angel cake1951

lamb-chop1962

petal1974

bae2006

1607 B. Jonson Volpone iii. vii. sig. G4^v Thou art mine honor, Mosca and my pride, My ioy, my tickling, my delight.

c. spec. The taking of trout and other fish by the method described in quot. 1884.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > other methods of fishing

tickling1616

twitchelling1689

yair-fishing1796

ice-fishing1842

foul-hooking1860

pointing1860

fish-wood1861

muddying1877

snatching1878

roll casting1897

jack fishing1899

cod jigging1921

free spooling1937

noodling1937

electrofishing1950

shocker1953

ghost fishing1963

catch-and-release1973

1616 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Scornful Ladie iii. sig. F3 Leaue off your tickling of young heires like trouts.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. vii. 175 Every fisher loves best the trouts that are of his own tickling.

1884 R. Jefferies Red Deer ix. 174 Groping for trout (or tickling)—is tracing it to the stone it lies under, then rubbing it gently beneath, which causes the fish to gradually move backwards into the hand, till the fingers suddenly close in the gills.

Compounds

attributive, as tickling-house n. (satirical slang) a place of preaching: cf. tickle-text n. at tickle v.¹ Compounds. tickling stick n. jocular a feather duster or similar device used as a comedian's prop.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > other > [noun] > preaching building

tickling-house1681

preaching house1713

preaching station1792

station1845

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > props > types of

stock-gold1713

profile stage property1854

slapstick1896

custard pie1915

practical1952

tickling stick1969

1681 Heraclitus Ridens 16 Aug. 2/2 A Boy that has but..carried his Mrs's Bible to the Tickling-house.

1969 Listener 6 Mar. 299/2 Beneath your tickling stick and candy floss came Heath and Wilson and Woodcock.

1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Oct. 1198/5 Hints of the tickling-stick [in a performance of Peer Gynt] vulgarized the first meeting with Solveig.

1983 Sun 8 June 4/4 Ken Dodd painted his famous tickling stick blue yesterday for a Liverpool walkabout in support of Mrs Thatcher.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

ticklingadj.

Etymology: < tickle v.¹ + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtickling.

That tickles, in various senses of the verb; exciting pleasantly, gratifying, alluring; amusing, diverting; delicate, tingling, itching; ticklish.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective]

winsomea900

sweetc900

likingeOE

i-quemec950

lieflyOE

winlyOE

hereOE

thankfulc1000

merryOE

queemc1175

beina1200

willea1200

leesomec1200

savouryc1225

estea1250

i-wilc1275

winc1275

welcomea1300

doucea1350

well-pleasingc1350

acceptablea1382

pleasablea1382

pleasanta1382

pleaseda1382

acceptedc1384

amiablec1384

well-likinga1387

queemfulc1390

flattering1393

pleasinga1398

well-queeminga1400

comelyc1400

farrandc1400

greable1401

goodlyc1405

amicable?a1425

placablec1429

amene1433

winful1438

listyc1440

dulcet1445

agreeablec1450

favourousc1485

sweetly?a1500

pleasureful?c1502

dulcea1513

grate1523

prettya1529

plausible1541

jolly1549

dulcoratec1550

toothsome1551

pleasurable1557

tickling1558

suavec1560

amenous1567

odoriferous?1575

perfumed1580

glada1586

tickle1593

pleasurous1595

favoursome1601

dulcean1606

gratifying1611

Hyblaean1614

gratulatea1616

arrident1616

solacefula1618

pleasantable1619

placid1628

contentsome1632

sapid1640

canny1643

gustful1647

peramene1657

pergrateful1657

tastefula1659

complacent1660

placentiousa1661

gratifactorya1665

bland1667

suavious1669

palatable1683

placent1683

complaisant1710

nice1747

tasty1796

sweetsome1799

titbit1820

connate1836

cunning1843

mooi1850

gemütlich1852

sympathique1859

congenial1878

sympathetic1900

sipid1908

onkus1910

sympathisch1911

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > sensation of being tickled > tickling > [adjective]

tickling1558

titillative1700

titillatory1862

the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adjective] > titillating

tickling1558

titillating1677

titillative1700

titillatory1763

titivating1820

tinglish1855

titivatory1975

1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos i. sig. B.iij^v In her brest the tykling ioye her hart to myrth enclynes.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 613 The tickling or itching humour, lying betwixt the skin and the flesh, causeth the poore sheep either to bite the place with his teeth,..or to rub it vpon a tree or wall.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 574 That smooth-fac'd Gentleman, tickling commoditie.

1675 J. Crowne Countrey Wit i. 12 Fye upon this tickling rhume!

1681 (title) Some Observations upon the Tickling Querie, viz. Whether the admitting of a Popish Successor be the best way to Preserve the Protestant Religion [etc.].

1762 R. Pulteney in Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 346 A little tickling cough which had remained with him.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. ix. 157 Such vague memories hang about the mind like cobwebs, with tickling importunity.

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. i. 30 One evening..a short tickling cough surprised me.

Derivatives

ˈticklingly adv. so as to tickle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adverb] > in titillating manner

titillatingly1876

ticklingly1898

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adverb] > comically or humorously

mirthfully1508

comically1581

drolly1662

funnily1749

farcicallya1779

ticklingly1898

pricelessly1934

zanily1958

1898 J. A. Steuart Minister of State i. iv He smacked his lips and laughed again;..the recollections of his aunt's choler [were] ticklingly comical.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	tickling
释义	ticklingn. /ˈtɪklɪŋ/ Etymology: < tickle v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The action or condition denoted by the verb tickle v.¹ 1. An uneasy sensation as of the teasing of some sensitive part of the skin or mucous membrane; slight nervous irritation akin to itching. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > sensation of being tickled > [noun] tickling1398 titillation1621 tickle1880 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum v. xxviii. (Bodl.) lf. 16/1 Þe whiche wormes litel & litel wroteþ and eteþ þe skyn & makeþ tikeling and icching. c1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 61 When-someuer þe pacient feleþ tyklyng or ychyng or prykkyng in þe lure. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §766 All tickling is a light motion of the spirits, which the thinness of the skin, and suddenness and rareness of the touch do further. 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xx. 242 A sensation of tickling in the mucous membrane of the trachea. 1898 J. Hutchinson in Archives Surg. 9 341 He had some tickling in his throat. 2. figurative. A tingling or ‘itching’ to do something; uneasy desire, craving, hankering. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [noun] itching1340 miscovetise1496 itch1532 tickling1553 impatiency1564 cacoethes1570 impatience1581 pruritation1653 pruriency1656 mangea1674 prurience1777 1553 Short Catech. in Liturgies, etc. (Parker Soc.) 521 Our will is commonly by tickling of affections and stirring of lusts, drawn to do those things that God is displeased with. 1558 J. Knox First Blast against Monstruous Regiment Women f. 24 Women haue in them selues a tickling and studie of vaine glorie. 1684 Bp. G. Burnet tr. T. More Utopia 124 These things may create some tickling in the Senses. 1874 ‘G. Eliot’ College Breakfast Party in Macmillan's Mag. July 175 Whose brain..Has feeble ticklings of a vanity. 3. a. A repeated light touching, stroking, or poking, such as to cause laughter; a state of being tickled; figurative pleasing excitation, gratification; also, excitement of the risible faculty, amusement. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > sensation of being tickled > tickling > [noun] kittlingc1000 tickling1423 titillation1615 vellication1623 tickle1801 the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [noun] > titillation titillationc1450 tickling1548 titivation1914 1423 Kingis Quair xxi With the tiklyng of his hete and light, The tender flouris opnyt thame and sprad. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 493/2 Tykyllynge, titillacio. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. 3 The pleasaunt ticleyng or clawyng of adulacion. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 311 They who naturally are enclined and disposed to laughter, are to avoid and decline the ticklings and soft handling in those parts of the body that are most smooth, sleicke and tender. 1664 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 4) i. 59 A certain tickling of the Ears of those who do not well understand what it is to sing Passionately. 1728 E. Young Love of Fame ii, in Wks. (1757) I. 94 Tickling is unsafe, If still 'tis painful while it makes us laugh. 1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals viii. 201 This so-called tickling of the mind is curiously analogous with that of the body. †b. Used as a term of endearment. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] darlingc888 belamy?c1225 culver?c1225 dearc1230 sweetheartc1290 heartc1300 sweetc1330 honeya1375 dovec1386 jewelc1400 birdc1405 cinnamonc1405 honeycombc1405 lovec1405 wantonc1450 mulling?a1475 daisyc1485 crowdy-mowdy?a1513 honeysop?a1513 powsowdie?a1513 suckler?a1513 foolc1525 buttinga1529 whitinga1529 beautiful1534 turtle-dove1535 soula1538 heartikin1540 bully?1548 turtle1548 lamba1556 nyletc1557 sweet-lovea1560 coz1563 ding-ding1564 pugs1566 golpol1568 sparling1570 lover1573 pug1580 bulkin1582 mopsy1582 chuck1589 bonny1594 chick1594 sweetikin1596 ladybird1597 angel1598 muss1598 pinkany1599 sweetkin1599 duck1600 joy1600 sparrowc1600 sucket1605 nutting1606 chuckaby1607 tickling1607 bagpudding1608 heartling1608 chucking1609 dainty1611 flittermouse1612 honeysuckle1613 fubs1614 bawcocka1616 pretty1616 old thinga1625 bun1627 duckling1630 bulchin1633 bulch?c1640 sweetling1648 friscoa1652 ding-dongs1662 buntinga1668 cocky1680 dearie1681 chucky1683 lovey1684 machree1689 nykin1693 pinkaninny1696 nug1699 hinny1724 puss1753 pet1767 dovey1769 sweetie1778 lovey-dovey1781 lovely1791 ducky1819 toy1822 acushla1825 alanna1825 treat1825 amigo1830 honey child1832 macushla1834 cabbage1840 honey-bunch1874 angel pie1878 m'dear1887 bach1889 honey baby1895 prawn1895 hon1896 so-and-so1897 cariad1899 pumpkin1900 honey-bun1902 pussums1912 snookums1919 treasure1920 wogger1922 amico1929 sugar1930 baby cake1949 angel cake1951 lamb-chop1962 petal1974 bae2006 1607 B. Jonson Volpone iii. vii. sig. G4^v Thou art mine honor, Mosca and my pride, My ioy, my tickling, my delight. View more context for this quotation c. spec. The taking of trout and other fish by the method described in quot. 1884. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > other methods of fishing tickling1616 twitchelling1689 yair-fishing1796 ice-fishing1842 foul-hooking1860 pointing1860 fish-wood1861 muddying1877 snatching1878 roll casting1897 jack fishing1899 cod jigging1921 free spooling1937 noodling1937 electrofishing1950 shocker1953 ghost fishing1963 catch-and-release1973 1616 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Scornful Ladie iii. sig. F3 Leaue off your tickling of young heires like trouts. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. vii. 175 Every fisher loves best the trouts that are of his own tickling. 1884 R. Jefferies Red Deer ix. 174 Groping for trout (or tickling)—is tracing it to the stone it lies under, then rubbing it gently beneath, which causes the fish to gradually move backwards into the hand, till the fingers suddenly close in the gills. Compounds attributive, as tickling-house n. (satirical slang) a place of preaching: cf. tickle-text n. at tickle v.¹ Compounds. tickling stick n. jocular a feather duster or similar device used as a comedian's prop. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > other > [noun] > preaching building tickling-house1681 preaching house1713 preaching station1792 station1845 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > props > types of stock-gold1713 profile stage property1854 slapstick1896 custard pie1915 practical1952 tickling stick1969 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 16 Aug. 2/2 A Boy that has but..carried his Mrs's Bible to the Tickling-house. 1969 Listener 6 Mar. 299/2 Beneath your tickling stick and candy floss came Heath and Wilson and Woodcock. 1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Oct. 1198/5 Hints of the tickling-stick [in a performance of Peer Gynt] vulgarized the first meeting with Solveig. 1983 Sun 8 June 4/4 Ken Dodd painted his famous tickling stick blue yesterday for a Liverpool walkabout in support of Mrs Thatcher. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019). ticklingadj. Etymology: < tickle v.¹ + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtickling. That tickles, in various senses of the verb; exciting pleasantly, gratifying, alluring; amusing, diverting; delicate, tingling, itching; ticklish. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective] winsomea900 sweetc900 likingeOE i-quemec950 lieflyOE winlyOE hereOE thankfulc1000 merryOE queemc1175 beina1200 willea1200 leesomec1200 savouryc1225 estea1250 i-wilc1275 winc1275 welcomea1300 doucea1350 well-pleasingc1350 acceptablea1382 pleasablea1382 pleasanta1382 pleaseda1382 acceptedc1384 amiablec1384 well-likinga1387 queemfulc1390 flattering1393 pleasinga1398 well-queeminga1400 comelyc1400 farrandc1400 greable1401 goodlyc1405 amicable?a1425 placablec1429 amene1433 winful1438 listyc1440 dulcet1445 agreeablec1450 favourousc1485 sweetly?a1500 pleasureful?c1502 dulcea1513 grate1523 prettya1529 plausible1541 jolly1549 dulcoratec1550 toothsome1551 pleasurable1557 tickling1558 suavec1560 amenous1567 odoriferous?1575 perfumed1580 glada1586 tickle1593 pleasurous1595 favoursome1601 dulcean1606 gratifying1611 Hyblaean1614 gratulatea1616 arrident1616 solacefula1618 pleasantable1619 placid1628 contentsome1632 sapid1640 canny1643 gustful1647 peramene1657 pergrateful1657 tastefula1659 complacent1660 placentiousa1661 gratifactorya1665 bland1667 suavious1669 palatable1683 placent1683 complaisant1710 nice1747 tasty1796 sweetsome1799 titbit1820 connate1836 cunning1843 mooi1850 gemütlich1852 sympathique1859 congenial1878 sympathetic1900 sipid1908 onkus1910 sympathisch1911 the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > sensation of being tickled > tickling > [adjective] tickling1558 titillative1700 titillatory1862 the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adjective] > titillating tickling1558 titillating1677 titillative1700 titillatory1763 titivating1820 tinglish1855 titivatory1975 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos i. sig. B.iij^v In her brest the tykling ioye her hart to myrth enclynes. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 613 The tickling or itching humour, lying betwixt the skin and the flesh, causeth the poore sheep either to bite the place with his teeth,..or to rub it vpon a tree or wall. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 574 That smooth-fac'd Gentleman, tickling commoditie. View more context for this quotation 1675 J. Crowne Countrey Wit i. 12 Fye upon this tickling rhume! 1681 (title) Some Observations upon the Tickling Querie, viz. Whether the admitting of a Popish Successor be the best way to Preserve the Protestant Religion [etc.]. 1762 R. Pulteney in Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 346 A little tickling cough which had remained with him. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. ix. 157 Such vague memories hang about the mind like cobwebs, with tickling importunity. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. i. 30 One evening..a short tickling cough surprised me. Derivatives ˈticklingly adv. so as to tickle. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adverb] > in titillating manner titillatingly1876 ticklingly1898 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adverb] > comically or humorously mirthfully1508 comically1581 drolly1662 funnily1749 farcicallya1779 ticklingly1898 pricelessly1934 zanily1958 1898 J. A. Steuart Minister of State i. iv He smacked his lips and laughed again;..the recollections of his aunt's choler [were] ticklingly comical. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1398adj.1558
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