tickling


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Synonyms for tickling

the act of tickling

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exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements

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This follows Russell Brand's call to ban tickling after saying 'it violates their personal space'.
The mother-of-three told presenters Eamonn Holmes andRuth Langsford, as well as fellow debater Feltz, that she tells her baby when she is going to change her nappy and gets permission from her older daughters before washing and tickling them.
It comes after fans left tickling sticks as tributes at the home Ken lived in for his whole life in Knotty Ash, Liverpool.
Very fitting the grey sky should openly cry When you would wave your colourful tickling sticks and say 'Lock the doors no one is getting away More laughter and merriment is on its way'.
Though tickling is a basic behavior in humans and some other mammals, its mechanisms are little understood.
Hollywood, CA, May 14, 2016 --(PR.com)-- TickleFilmer and former endurance competitive casting director David Starr appears in a critically acclaimed documentary about the "sport" of tickling. The film is named TICKLED and has appeared at several film festivals worldwide, including the prestigious Sundance Film Festival last January.
For most people, tickling themselves is almost impossible.
To find out, O'Connor and his team used a simple model: the gentle tickling of a single mouse whisker, a sensory organ common to many animals.
Comedian Gavin Mitchell got out his tickling stick to do his impersonation of the laughter legend as he recovered from a crash in which he broke six ribs.
their shapes always on the way-- tickling our ears still
Mike first encounters the Wind, who changes his world, and whom he escapes by inventing a great defense, tickling! He later is carried, blown, lifted, and chased through many strange environments, but he always manages to find a way to safety and happiness, although he misses his home and family of beans.
Scientists from University College London have designed a remote control tickling robot.
AS they enjoyed a day out, Katie Price was forced to ask a translator to tell boyfriend Leandro to stop tickling her - because it hurt.