tickling

verb

Definition of ticklingnext
present participle of tickle
1
as in tingling

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2
as in titillating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tickling
  1. piercing
  2. appeasing
  3. treating
  4. diverting
Verb
  • And an image of a woman named Linda Jackson washing her hair in a plastic bin on the Navajo Nation, the striking mountains of Monument Valley piercing the background, was how Elliot Ross shed light on what life is like in America’s water inequality capital.
    TIME Photo Department, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The She Wolf's howl is as piercing as ever.
    Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of piercing
Verb
  • Representative Mike Lawler of New York, who has hinted at ambitions for a governor bid in 2026, according to the New York Post, will need to walk a fine line between appeasing his party and not upsetting potential voters in his home state, which could put him at odds with Republicans.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • According to Atlas Obscura, also on Christmas Eve, some families believe in appeasing the nisser—barn-dwelling house elves that are said to help residents survive tough winters—and many children continue to leave a bowl of risengrød, or sweet porridge, for the folkloric creatures.
    Chad de Guzman, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of appeasing
Verb
  • Its treating its legends better than ever.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • But online, people are treating this like a real royal wedding.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of treating
Verb
  • An amendment proposed by Councilman Mark Jeffreys called for diverting I-71 and I-75 southbound to eastbound I-275.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, anger simmered among residents who accused the government of diverting the island’s already scarce resources to migrants at their expense.
    Sam Mednick and Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of diverting
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