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   Tickle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tickled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tickling (?).] [Perhaps freq. of tick to beat; pat; but cf. also AS. citelian to tickle, D. kittelen, G. kitzlen, OHG. chizzilōn, chuzzilōn, Icel. kitla.  Cf. Kittle, v. t.]
   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.
   
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   If you tickle us, do we not laugh? Shak.
   
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   2. To please; to gratify; to make joyous.
   
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   Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. Pope.
   
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   Such a nature
   
   Tickled with good success, disdains the shadow
   
   Which he treads on at noon. Shak.
   
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   Tickle, v. i.
   1. To feel titillation.
   
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   He with secret joy therefore
   
   Did tickle inwardly in every vein. Spenser.
   
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   2. To excite the sensation of titillation.  Shak.
   
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   Tickle, a.
   1. Ticklish; easily tickled. [Obs.]
   
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   2. Liable to change; uncertain; inconstant. [Obs.]
   
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   The world is now full tickle, sikerly. Chaucer.
   
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   So tickle is the state of earthy things. Spenser.
   
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   3. Wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the slightest touch; unstable; easily overthrown. [Obs.]
   
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   Thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders, that a milkmaid, if she be in love, may sigh it off. Shak.
   
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