tickle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tickle	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for tickle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tickle n a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking the act of tickling Synonym(s): tickle, tickling, titillation v touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements Synonym(s): tickle, titillate, vellicate feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine" Synonym(s): thrill, tickle, vibrate touch or stroke lightly; "The grass tickled her calves"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tickle \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. chizzil[d3]n, chuzzil[d3]n, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tickle \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tickle \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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Tickle A {text editor}, file translator and {TCL} {interpreter} for the {Macintosh}. Version 5.0v1. The text editor breaks the 32K limit (like {MPW}). The file translation utilities support {drag and drop} handling via tcl scripts of {BinHex}, {MacBinary}, {Apple Computer} Single/Double, {StuffIt} (with engine), {Unix} {compress}, {Unix} {tar} and {UUencode} files as well as text translation. Tickle implements tcl 7.0 with {tclX} extensions and {Macintosh} equivalents of {Unix}'s {ls}, {pwd}, {cd} commands. It provides Macintosh access to {Resource Manager}, {Communications Toolbox}, {OSA} Components (and {AppleScript}), {Editions} (publish and subscribe) and {Apple Events} (including AEBuild and AEPrint). {OSA Script} support allows programming of any OSA scripting component within Tickle interpreter windows. It provides the OSAtcl and OSAJ {J}/{APL} extensions and creates "Ticklets" which are small {application program}s that carry only the tcl script and use code in the OSAtcl component to drive an application that allows {drag and drop} with tcl scripts. Tickle is scriptable and recordable. {(ftp://ftp.msen.com/pub/vendor/ice/tickle/Tickle5.0v1.hqx)}. E-mail: . (1994-10-12)