The word "tickle" comes from the Middle English tickelen, which it's believed came from ticken, to touch lightly. From Wordnik.com. [Tickle, tickle (part 2)] Reference
Check below and see if any of the week's new titles tickle your fancy. From Wordnik.com. [Nintendo DS] Reference
Both times the infection started with a little 'tickle' in my skin. From Wordnik.com. [Value] Reference
I've still got a 'tickle' and I'm not going to sleep well again tonight. From Wordnik.com. [Reflecting on life.] Reference
Bolton needs to stop trying to "tickle" Cheney with that moustache ... lol cheryl. From Wordnik.com. [Cheney named Conservative of the Year] Reference
I am tired, grubby, and the back of my throat has a 'tickle' like I am gonna get sick. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-09-01] Reference
Then, once home, he touched the spot where the 'tickle' was and I could feel, and he could see, that it was nothing. From Wordnik.com. [Value] Reference
For many, the motor that never runs out of gas is laughable as PGAD sensations have been described as a tickle that won’t go away. From Wordnik.com. [What am I supposed to do about this?] Reference
It has a larger range of motion than its predecessor, and five "tickle" spots that have the stuffed animal rolling around in hysterics. From Wordnik.com. [In Pictures: Most In-Demand Toys Of 2006] Reference
Then he was able to get the "tickle" of 110 volts. From Wordnik.com. [Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine] Reference
I'll be happy to "tickle" anyone who comes for my guns with those!. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
(revealing, presumably, that "tickle" is a bad word). From Wordnik.com. [mental_floss Blog] Reference
"tickle" the star, as the scientists call it, or tweak the Cepheid, to send a message. From Wordnik.com. [Clipmarks | Live Clips] Reference
They tickle our eager ears and grab our attention. From Wordnik.com. [Jon Foreman: The Economy of the Garden -- Part Two] Reference
It had been made to tickle aesthetic sensibilities. From Wordnik.com. [First Person Singular: Johnnetta Cole, director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art] Reference
But was he out to tap our spines or tickle our funny bones?. From Wordnik.com. [I'm Still Here] Reference
"What happens if you ask them to tickle you more?" she asked. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz] Reference
I tickle her again, little strokes with my finger, and again. From Wordnik.com. [S OWN STORY(1)] Reference
And I felt a little tickle of pleasure, and of anticipation. From Wordnik.com. [Modern design and an empty storefront] Reference
"If you ask them to stop, they'll just tickle you all the more.". From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz] Reference
"There's a little tickle in my stomach" before each race, she says. From Wordnik.com. [What A Rush!] Reference
The pillow feathers tickle and the Zoomba makes a giggling sound. From Wordnik.com. [Zoomba Juice] Reference
I like writing about things that inspire me, enrage me, tickle my fancy. From Wordnik.com. [Pi in the Sky] Reference
Tweet #earljokes if you've got something that will tickle our funny bone. From Wordnik.com. [The humorous side of Hurricane Earl] Reference
Last night he gets a tickle in his throat and is down before 1 a.m. Dammit!. From Wordnik.com. [Starfight (working title)] Reference
The universe is stranger than that: if you tickle it here, it laughs over there. From Wordnik.com. [Deepak Chopra: Hawking's Grand Book, But Where Is the Design? (Part 2)] Reference
She reached a hand up to tickle my belly, and played with my nipples under my shirt. From Wordnik.com. [Jake are Married (another novel castaway)] Reference
Thats now an argument the Republicans have, particularly given the tickle fights of. From Wordnik.com. [House May Vote On Health Care Overhaul This Week] Reference
He imagined her nipples and what it would feel like for one of them to tickle his uvula. From Wordnik.com. [It was supposed to be like a Ricky Martin Song] Reference
The technique is to get molecules to "bend over" when they're given an electrical tickle. From Wordnik.com. [Sci-Fi War Uniforms?] Reference
Running in place, flightless birds, grown man tickle fights - that's definitely not right. From Wordnik.com. [Political Conservative TV Network Up And Running] Reference
You may tickle neurons here, but the reverberations never reach those deeper in the circuit. From Wordnik.com. [Memory's Mind Games] Reference
"They don't like being told what to do, so they'll just go and find someone else to tickle.". From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz] Reference
I pushed the plugs in deeper and shuddered as a tickle shot down my spine. From Wordnik.com. [Magnets of Faith and Knowing] Reference
It was just a tickle under the covers apparently, which brings a whole new dimension to the Mr Men. From Wordnik.com. [Big Brother 2010 final: the liveblog] Reference
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