Meaning

4 senses

  1. The act of tickling.

    Kitzeln

    щеко́ткаščekótka, щекота́ниеščekotánije

    ло́скітlóskit, лоскота́нняloskotánnja

    the act of tickling

  2. An itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling.

    I have a persistent tickle in my throat.

  3. (informal)A light tap of the ball.

  4. (Newfoundland)A narrow strait, such as between an island and the shore.

Examples

104 sentences

  1. Tom tickled the baby's feet.

    Том полоскотав ніжки дитини. — Ahha

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  2. Quit tickling me.

    Годі вже мене лоскотати. — deniko

    ruХватит меня щекотать. — marafon

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  3. Tom began to tickle Mary.

    Том почав лоскотати Мері. — deniko

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  4. Tom asked Mary to stop tickling him.

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  5. If you tickle us, do we not laugh?

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Translations

8 languages
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Origin

From Middle English tiklen, tikelen, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a frequentative for

From Middle English tiklen, tikelen, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a frequentative form of Middle English tikken (“to touch lightly”), thus equivalent to tick + -le; or perhaps related to Old English tinclian (“to tickle”). Compare North Frisian tigele (“to tickle”) (Hallig dialect), and tiikle (“to tickle”) (Amrum dialect), German dialectal zicklen (“to excite; stir up”).

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Forms

plural: tickles
Singulartickle
Pluraltickles

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tickB1ticketA1ticklishtidaltidbittideB1
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