Tic"kle (?), 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 dengerous if too
long protracted.
If you tickle us, do we not laugh?
Shak.
2. To please; to gratify; to make joyous.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a
straw.
Pope.
Such a nature
Tickled with good success, disdains the shadow
Which he treads on at noon.
Shak.
Tic"kle, v. i. 1. To
feel titillation.
He with secret joy therefore
Did tickle inwardly in every vein.
Spenser.
2. To excite the sensation of titillation.
Shak.
Tic"kle, a. 1. Ticklish;
easily tickled. [Obs.]
2. Liable to change; uncertain; inconstant.
[Obs.]
The world is now full tickle, sikerly.
Chaucer.
So tickle is the state of earthy things.
Spenser.
3. Wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the
slightest touch; unstable; easily overthrown. [Obs.]
Thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders, that a
milkmaid, if she be in love, may sigh it off.
Shak.
Tic"kle (?), 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 dengerous if too
long protracted.
If you tickle us, do we not laugh?
Shak.
2. To please; to gratify; to make joyous.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a
straw.
Pope.
Such a nature
Tickled with good success, disdains the shadow
Which he treads on at noon.
Shak.
Tic"kle, v. i. 1. To
feel titillation.
He with secret joy therefore
Did tickle inwardly in every vein.
Spenser.
2. To excite the sensation of titillation.
Shak.
Tic"kle, a. 1. Ticklish;
easily tickled. [Obs.]
2. Liable to change; uncertain; inconstant.
[Obs.]
The world is now full tickle, sikerly.
Chaucer.
So tickle is the state of earthy things.
Spenser.
3. Wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the
slightest touch; unstable; easily overthrown. [Obs.]
Thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders, that a
milkmaid, if she be in love, may sigh it off.
Shak.
