en tickle

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: Open Mind Common Sense contributors, Verbosity players, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • ar خَرْبَشَ (v, contact) ➜
  • ar دَغْدَغَ (v, contact) ➜
  • ca pessigolleig (n, act) ➜
  • ca pessigollejar (v, contact) ➜
  • ca pessigollejar (v, perception) ➜
  • sh golicati ➜
  • en thrill (v, emotion) ➜
  • en tickling (n, act) ➜
  • en titillate (v, perception) ➜
  • en titillation (n, act) ➜
  • en vellicate (v, perception) ➜
  • es cosquillas (n, act) ➜
  • es rozar (v, contact) ➜
  • eu kili-kili egin (v, contact) ➜
  • eu kili-kili egin (v, perception) ➜
  • eu kilikatu (v, contact) ➜
  • eu kilikatu (v, perception) ➜
  • eu kilikatze (n, act) ➜
  • eu kilima (n, cognition) ➜
  • eu kilimak egite (n, act) ➜
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tickle requires…

  • en use your fingers ➜
  • en find someone that reacts to tickling ➜
  • en find someone to tickle ➜
  • en have a feather ➜
  • en find someone you can tickle ➜
  • en find someone to be tickled ➜
  • en tickle the person's feet ➜
  • en wiggle your fingers in someone's armpit ➜
  • en ask permission ➜
  • en befriend the person you tickle ➜
  • en do it ➜
  • en find the right spot ➜
  • en find a tickling victim ➜
  • en grab ➜
  • en make someone laugh ➜
  • en poke someone ➜
  • en be prepared to run away ➜
  • en press your fingers onto someone's side ➜
  • en say "itchy kitchy koo" ➜
  • en smile and attack ➜
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tickle is motivated by…

  • en make laugh ➜
  • en someone to laugh ➜
  • en it makes people feel good ➜
  • en someone else to laugh ➜
  • en be silly ➜
  • en flirt ➜
  • en hear someone laugh ➜
  • en induce a certain reaction ➜
  • en it involves touching another person ➜
  • en kinky sex ➜
  • en it makes someone laugh ➜
  • en it makes people laugh ➜
  • en sex ➜
  • en tease ➜

Related terms

  • en ticklish (a) ➜
  • sh golicati (v) ➜
  • ady гъэлыджын (v) ➜
  • ang citelian (v) ➜
  • ang tinclian (v) ➜
  • ceb gitik (v) ➜
  • chr ᏓᏴᎩᎠ (v) ➜
  • cs lechtat (v) ➜
  • da kilde (v) ➜
  • dak paʾíxa (v) ➜
  • de killern (v) ➜
  • de kitzeln (v) ➜
  • de krabbeln (v) ➜
  • de kraulen (v) ➜
  • de kribbeln (v) ➜
  • el γαργαλώ (v) ➜
  • en have frog in one's throat (v) ➜
  • en kick (n) ➜
  • en kittle (v) ➜
  • en capricious ➜
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tickle is a subevent of…

  • en laugh ➜
  • en find the ticklish spot ➜
  • en you touch another person ➜
  • en annoy the victim in other ways ➜
  • en someone giggles ➜
  • en laughing ➜
  • en laughter ➜
  • en the person may laugh ➜
  • en a terrible misunderstanding ➜
  • en the tickled person wriggles ➜

Derived terms

  • en ticklebrain ➜
  • en ticklee ➜
  • en ticklegrass ➜
  • en tickleness ➜
  • en tickler ➜
  • en ticklesome ➜
  • en ticklest ➜
  • en tickleth ➜
  • en ticklish ➜
  • en tickly ➜

Things that make you want tickle

  • en Babies ➜
  • en being horny ➜
  • en children ➜
  • en A cuddly date ➜
  • en feeling playful ➜
  • en playfullness ➜
  • en playfulness ➜

Word forms

  • en tickles (n) ➜
  • en tickled (v) ➜
  • en tickles (v) ➜
  • en ticklest (v) ➜
  • en tickleth (v) ➜
  • en tickling (v) ➜

Things used for tickle

  • en a feather ➜
  • en a finger ➜

tickle is the first step of…

  • en find someone to tickle ➜
  • en get a feather ➜
  • en laugh ➜
  • en locate some skin to tickle ➜

tickle is a type of…

  • en touch (n, act) ➜
  • en cutaneous sensation (n, cognition) ➜

tickle is a way of…

  • en caress (v, contact) ➜
  • en itch (v, perception) ➜

Context of this term

  • en cricket ➜
  • en newfoundland ➜
  • en archaic ➜

tickle is the last step of…

  • en run away fast ➜
  • en laugh ➜

Etymological roots of "tickle"

  • enm tikken ➜
  • enm tiklen ➜

Etymologically related

  • en kittle ➜
  • ang tinclian ➜
  • de zicklen ➜
  • enm tikelen ➜
  • frr tigele ➜
  • frr tiikle ➜
  • is kitle ➜

Things that require tickle

  • en tickling ➜

Subevents of tickle

  • en make people laugh ➜

Derived from

  • en tick ➜

Antonyms

  • en pinch ➜

Links to other resources

  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 100145265-n
  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 105731362-n
  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 201434620-v
  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 202124605-v
  • en.wiktionary.org tickle
  • fr.wiktionary.org tickle
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