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单词 tickle
释义 tick·le
I. \ˈtikəl\ verb
(tickled ; tickled ; tickling \-k(ə)liŋ\ ; tickles)
Etymology: Middle English tikelen; akin to Old English tinclian to tickle and probably to Old English citelian to tickle, Old High German kizzilōn, kuzzilōn, Old Norse kitla
intransitive verb
1. obsolete : to feel excitement, tingling, or titillation : tingle or thrill with or as if with pleasure
 < he with secret joy therefore did tickle inwardly in every vein — Edmund Spenser >
2. : to have a tingling or restless sensation
 < my back tickles >
3. : to excite the surface nerves : cause a tickle
 < that feather tickles >
transitive verb
1.
 a.
  (1) : to excite or stir up agreeably : awaken a sensation of pleasure in : furnish with especially sensual gratification
   < a piece of music … does more than tickle our sense of rhythm or color — Edward Sapir >
   < it tickles the sense of vicarious adventure — John Dolman >
   < intentional cheapening of her work to tickle the banal reader — Sinclair Lewis >
  (2) : to excite or arouse from dormancy or to a higher degree : stimulate, annoy, provoke
   < it tickled all that is evil in me — O.W.Holmes †1935 >
   < the self-esteem of the selected candidates was immensely tickled — Tom Marvel >
   < men have to be … tickled up by propaganda before they'll fight — Aldous Huxley >
 b.
  (1) : to excite amusement or merriment in : arouse the sense of humor of : amuse
   < so excessively tickled by the jest that he couldn't forget it — Charles Dickens >
  (2) : to provide with pleasure or enjoyment : make pleased
   < how tickled they were … because they still had time to sell our rooms to four royalists — Christopher Morley >
2.
 a.
  (1) : to touch (as a person or a part of the body) lightly with or as if with the fingers so as to excite the surface nerves and to cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
   < the physical spasm which seizes children when they are tickled — Willa Cather >
  (2) : to tease, torment, or pet by or as if by tickling
   < the sound of the wrapping paper being torn away tickled his ears — N.A.Wasserman >
  (3) : to bring into a specified state by or as if by tickling
   < be tickled to death to see you >
   < all were tickled pink to be on land again >
 b. : to touch or stir gently
  < the piano player tickled the keys >
 c. : to capture (a fish) by groping for it with the hands and sliding the fingers into its gills
3. : whip, chastise, beat
Synonyms: see please

- tickle it
- tickle the palm of
II. noun
(-s)
1. : something (as a touch) that tickles
2. : a tickling sensation
3. : the act or process of tickling
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