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V. - Touched lightly; Poked in some sensitive part of the body so as to excite laughter.

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  • He got tickled by his mom.
  • For some reason the name tickled her sense of humour, and she threw back her head and roared.
  • The phrase tickled all my after-dinner-coffee sense of humor into an anticipation of Poker Flat.
  • The name tickled a memory at the back of his mind, but it eluded him before he could bring it up to the surface.
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