TICKLE

I. verb (~d; tickling) Etymology: Middle English tikelen; akin to Old English tinclian to ~ Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to excite or stir up agreeably ; please , to provoke to laughter or merriment ; amuse , to touch (as a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements, to touch or stir gently , intransitive verb to have a tingling or prickling sensation , to excite the surface nerves to prickle, II. noun Date: 1801 the act of tickling, a tickling sensation, something that ~s