tickly

tickly
tickle ► VERB 1) lightly touch in a way that causes itching or twitching and often laughter. 2) be appealing or amusing to. 3) catch (a trout) by lightly rubbing it so that it moves backwards into the hand.
► NOUN ▪ an act of tickling or sensation of being tickled.
● be tickled pink — Cf. ↑be tickled pink
● tickle the ivories — Cf. ↑tickle the ivories
DERIVATIVES tickler noun tickly adjective.
ORIGIN perhaps from TICK(Cf. ↑tick), or an alteration of Scots and dialect kittle «to tickle».

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