Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tickling

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: tick-ling
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tickle

adj

noun

A sensation that tickles.

noun

The act by which someone is tickled.

Example Sentences

"a tickling sensation"
"ticklings and muscular aches"
"It is quite true that the yells and shrieks, the bonnetings and ticklings, the hat throwing and fighting, give way for the instant to an intense desire to behold the sight, and the immense concourse was momentarily hushed in the depth of its excitement […]"

Inflected Forms

ticklings (plural)

Derived Forms

ticklingly

Phrases

rib-tickling

Synonyms

tingling titillating tickle titillation

Questions

What does tickling mean?: present participle and gerund of tickle

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