ticklish

  • 31kittleish —  ticklish. N …

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  • 32Ticklishly — Ticklish Tic klish, a. 1. Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the… …

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  • 33Ticklishness — Ticklish Tic klish, a. 1. Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the… …

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  • 34Tickling — is the act of touching a part of the body, so as to cause involuntary twitching movements or laughter. Such sensations can be pleasurable or exciting, but are sometimes considered highly unpleasant, particularly in the case of relentless heavy… …

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  • 35Navajo phonology — is the study of how speech sounds pattern and interact with each other in that language. The phonology of Navajo is intimately connected to its morphology. For example, the entire range of contrastive consonants is found only at the beginning of… …

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  • 36Tickle torture — is the use of tickling to abuse, dominate, humiliate or even prank someone. The victim laughs even if he or she finds the experience unpleasant because the laughter is an innate reflex rather than social conditioning.[1] The term is often used to …

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  • 37tick´lish|ness — tick|lish «TIHK lihsh», adjective. 1. sensitive to tickling: »The bottoms of the feet are ticklish. 2. requiring careful handling; delicate; risky: »a ticklish assignment. Telling a person his faults is a ticklish job. SYNONYM(S): precarious. 3 …

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  • 38tick´lish|ly — tick|lish «TIHK lihsh», adjective. 1. sensitive to tickling: »The bottoms of the feet are ticklish. 2. requiring careful handling; delicate; risky: »a ticklish assignment. Telling a person his faults is a ticklish job. SYNONYM(S): precarious. 3 …

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  • 39tick|lish — «TIHK lihsh», adjective. 1. sensitive to tickling: »The bottoms of the feet are ticklish. 2. requiring careful handling; delicate; risky: »a ticklish assignment. Telling a person his faults is a ticklish job. SYNONYM(S): precarious. 3 …

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  • 40tricky — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ticklish, intricate; deceitful, evasive, artful, shifty. See deception. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sly] Syn. wily, crafty, foxy; see sly 1 . 2. [Shrewd] Syn. clever, sharp, keen witted; see… …

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