tickle

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• /ˈtɪkl̩/
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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”). Alternatively, from a metathetic alteration of Middle English kitelen ("to tickle"; see kittle). Both are ultimately sound-symbolic.

From Tickhill in England.

201 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: دَغْدَغَة (daḡdaḡa) — act of tickling
• Arabic: دَغْدَغة (daḡdaḡa) — act of tickling
• Asturian: rebelgos — act of tickling
• Asturian: rebelguinos — act of tickling
• Asturian: cosques — act of tickling
• Asturian: cosquielles — act of tickling
• Azerbaijani: qıdıqlama — act of tickling
• Azerbaijani: qıdıq — act of tickling
• Bashkir: ҡытыҡлауҡытыҡтау (qıtıqlaw) — act of tickling
• Central Bikol: kutok — act of tickling
• Bulgarian: гъделичкане (gǎdeličkane) — act of tickling
• Catalan: pessigolles — act of tickling
• Cebuano: gitik — act of tickling
• Esperanto: tikli — act of tickling
• Finnish: kutitus — act of tickling
• French: chatouille — act of tickling
• German: Kitzeln — act of tickling
• Indonesian: geletik — act of tickling
• Irish: cigilt — act of tickling
• Italian: solletico — act of tickling
• Kapampangan: kalamkam — act of tickling
• Kapampangan: lingapngap — act of tickling
• Malay: geletek — act of tickling
• Malayalam: ഇക്കിൾ (ikkiḷ) — act of tickling
• Malayalam: ഇക്കിളി (ikkiḷi) — act of tickling
• Marathi: गुदगुली (gudgulī) — act of tickling
• Nepali: काउकुती लाउनु (kāukutī lāunu) — act of tickling
• Persian: غلغلک (ġelġelak) — act of tickling
• Persian: قلقلک (qelqelak) — act of tickling
• Polish: gilanie — act of tickling
• Portuguese: cócegas — act of tickling
• Portuguese: cosca — act of tickling
• Portuguese: cosquinha — act of tickling
• Russian: щеко́тка (ščekótka) — act of tickling
• Russian: щекота́ние (ščekotánije) — act of tickling
• Serbo-Croatian: golicanje — act of tickling
• Sicilian: accattigghiu — act of tickling
• Sicilian: attacchigghiu — act of tickling
• Spanish: cosquillas — act of tickling
• Spanish: coscas — act of tickling
• Tagalog: kiliti — act of tickling
• Tagalog: kalamkam — act of tickling
• Tamil: கிச்சுக்கிச்சு (kiccukkiccu) — act of tickling
• Tausug: gitok — act of tickling
• Ukrainian: ло́скіт (lóskit) — act of tickling
• Ukrainian: лоскота́ння (loskotánnja) — act of tickling
• Waray-Waray: gerikgit — act of tickling
• Waray-Waray: guluk — act of tickling
• Azerbaijani: qıdıq — an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling
• Central Bikol: lindok — an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling
• Bulgarian: гъдел (gǎdel) — an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling
• Chinese Mandarin: 痒 (yáng) — an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling
• Chinese Mandarin: 痒感 — an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling
• Finnish: kutina — an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling
• Māori: ngaoko — an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling
• Nepali: काउकुती (kāukutī) — an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling
• Persian: قلقلک (qelqelak) — an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling
• Persian: خارش (xâreš) — an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling
• Portuguese: cócegas — an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling
• Portuguese: cosca — an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling
• Portuguese: cosquinha — an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling
• Spanish: cosquilleo — an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling
• Spanish: hormigueo — an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling
• Tagalog: kiliti — an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling
• Tamil: கிச்சுக்கிச்சு (kiccukkiccu) — an itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling
• Afrikaans: kielie — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Southern Altai: кычыктаар (kïčïktaar) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Arabic: دَغْدَغَ (daḡdaḡa) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Arabic: زَغْزَغ (zaḡzaḡ) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Armenian: խտղտել (xtġtel) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Armenian: խտղտացնել (xtġtacʻnel) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Azerbaijani: qıdıqlamaq — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Bashkir: ҡытыҡлау (qıtıqlaw/qıtıqtaw) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Bashkir: ҡытыҡтау (qıtıqlaw/qıtıqtaw) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Belarusian: казыта́ць (kazytácʹ) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Belarusian: ласката́ць (laskatácʹ) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Belarusian: шчаката́ць (ščakatácʹ) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Belarusian: казлыта́ць (kazlytácʹ) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Belarusian: шлаката́ць (šlakatácʹ) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Bulgarian: гъдели́чкам (gǎdelíčkam) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Catalan: fer pessigolles — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Chinese Cantonese: 擳 /𰓜 (zit1) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Chinese Mandarin: 胳肢 (gézhi) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Chinese Mandarin: 癢癢 /痒痒 (yǎngyang) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Czech: lechtat — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Danish: kilde — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Dutch: kietelen — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Dutch: kriebelen — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Esperanto: tikli — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Estonian: kõditama — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Faroese: kitla — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Finnish: kutittaa — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• French: chatouiller — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• French: faire guili-guili — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Georgian: ხიცინი (xicini) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• German: kitzeln — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Greek: γαργαλώ (gargaló) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Greek: γαργαλάω (gargaláo) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Ancient Greek: γαργαλίζω (gargalízō) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Ancient Greek: κνήθω (knḗthō) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Hebrew: דיגדג \ דִּגְדֵּג (digdég) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Hindi: गुदगुदाना (gudgudānā) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Icelandic: kitla — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Irish: cigil — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Italian: solleticare — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Italian: titillare — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Japanese: 擽る (kusuguru) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Karelian: kut’kuttua — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Kazakh: қытықтау (qytyqtau) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Korean: 간질이다 (ganjirida) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Kyrgyz: кытыгылоо (kıtıgıloo) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Ladin: fé la catidles — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Latgalian: kitynuot — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Latin: tītillō — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Latvian: kutināt — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Lithuanian: kutenti — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Macedonian: скокотка (skokotka) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Macedonian: скокотне (skokotne) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Māori: whakatongene — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Māori: whakakuikui — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Māori: whakangaoko — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Māori: noenoe — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Māori: whakakoekoe — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Māori: whakamāngeongeo — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Māori: whakangeongeo — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Māori: tōkenekene — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Marathi: गुदगुल्या करणे (gudgulyā karṇe) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Mongolian: гижигдэх (gižigdex) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Norman: catouoilli — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Norwegian Bokmål: kile — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kitle — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Occitan: cotiguejar — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Occitan: cosserguejar — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Church Slavic: скъкътати (skŭkŭtati) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Church Slavic: скоктати (skoktati) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Old English: ċitelian — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Old English: tinclian — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Persian: غلغلک دادن (ġelġelak dâdan) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Persian: قلقلک دادن (qelqelak dâdan) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Polish: łaskotać — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Polish: gilgać — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Polish: łechtać — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Polish: smyrać — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Portuguese: fazer cócegas — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Portuguese: titilar — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Portuguese: fazer cosca — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Portuguese: fazer cosquinha — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Quechua: kullay — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Romanian: gâdila — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Russian: щекота́ть (ščekotátʹ) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Russian: пощекота́ть (poščekotátʹ) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Serbo-Croatian: голѝцати — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Serbo-Croatian: golìcati — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Sicilian: cadugghiari — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Slovak: štekliť — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Slovene: žgečkati — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Slovene: ščegetati — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Lower Sorbian: łakosćiś — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Spanish: hacer cosquillas — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Spanish: cosquillear — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Swedish: kittla — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Swedish: killa — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Tagalog: kumiliti — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Tagalog: mangiliti — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Tagalog: kilitiin — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Tajik: китиқ кардан (kitiq kardan) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Tajik: ҷиҷолак кардан (jijolak kardan) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Tamil: கிச்சுக்கிச்சுமூட்டு (kiccukkiccumūṭṭu) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Tày: chúc chí — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Tày: dích doóc — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Tày: cắc kẹ — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Thai: จี้ (jîi) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Turkish: gıdıklamak — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Ukrainian: лоскота́ти (loskotáty) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Ukrainian: залоскота́ти (zaloskotáty) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Urdu: گدگدانا (gudgudānā) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Uyghur: غىدىقلىماق (ghidiqlimaq) — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Uzbek: qitiqlamoq — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Vietnamese: cù — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Vietnamese: cù lét — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Vietnamese: chọc lét — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Vietnamese: thọc lét — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Welsh: gogleisio — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Welsh: cosi — to touch in a manner that causes tingling sensation
• Bulgarian: гъдел ме е (gǎdel me e) — to feel as if being tickled
• Chinese Mandarin: 發癢 /发痒 (fāyǎng) — to feel as if being tickled
• Finnish: kutista — to feel as if being tickled
• Finnish: kutiaa — to feel as if being tickled
• Māori: ngaoko — to feel as if being tickled
• Māori: patete — to feel as if being tickled
• Old English: ċitelian — to feel as if being tickled
• Old English: tinclian — to feel as if being tickled
• Tamil: கிச்சுக்கிச்செனல் (kiccukkicceṉal) — to feel as if being tickled
• Turkish: gıdıklanmak — to feel as if being tickled
• Finnish: kiinnostaa — to appeal to someone's taste, curiosity etc.
• Bulgarian: угаждам (ugaždam) — to cause delight or amusement
• Finnish: jännittää — to cause delight or amusement
• Finnish: innostaa — to cause delight or amusement
• Tamil: மகிழ்வி (makiḻvi) — to cause delight or amusement
• Bulgarian: ловя с ръце (lovja s rǎce) — to catch fish in the hand by stimulating the fins
• Māori: tīnaonao — to catch fish in the hand by stimulating the fins