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Word entry · 6 letters

tickle

Best crossword clue

"Light playful touch"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɪkl̩/Part of speech noun, verbSorted ceikltStarts with TEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of tickling

Word origin

From Middle English tiklen, tikelen, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a frequentative form of Middle English tikken (“to touch lightly”), thus equivalent to tick + -le; or perhaps related to Old English tinclian (“to tickle”). Compare North Frisian tigele (“to tickle”) (Hallig dialect), and tiikle (“to tickle”) (Amrum dialect), German dialectal zicklen (“to excite; stir up”).

Used in a sentence

  • I have a persistent tickle in my throat.
  • There's a very fine line between a tickle and an edge!
  • Charts and Plans. [...] No. New Charts. 2253 England, and south coast—Dartmouth harbour. [...] 3320 Newfoundland, Thimble tickles and Glover harbour—Head of Seal bay.

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