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as in to excite
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Recent Examples of tickle
With an irreverent impudence, generous sprinkles of slap stick and traditional wrapping, this breezy presentation should tickle the funny bones of grade school kids as well as us older coots who enjoy Tim Allen’s acerbic antics.
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Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
Because all of this would really tickle him.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
The scoring was welcome, certainly, on a team that didn’t tickle the net until nearly eight minutes into it.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
As casting choices go, here is an extreme case where there are no limits on who can play what, sure to tickle some and tick off others on both sides of the aisle.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
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Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
Because all of this would really tickle him.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
The scoring was welcome, certainly, on a team that didn’t tickle the net until nearly eight minutes into it.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
As casting choices go, here is an extreme case where there are no limits on who can play what, sure to tickle some and tick off others on both sides of the aisle.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tickle
Verb
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Nothing really itches my brain like a crisp white tee poking out the top of a sweater.—
Amanda Le,
InStyle,
3 Mar. 2026
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City residents itching to be on camera — even as a passing face in the background of a TV shoot — will get a chance through a separate talent page.—
Uwa Ede-Osifo,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Mar. 2026
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When excited by light, these nanoscale structures release photons as electrons fall back to lower-energy states.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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What excites him most about Sunday was experiencing the city in a new way.—
Michelle Edgar,
Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Pay attention, however, to warning signs such as numbness, tingling, sharp pain, or next-day joint swelling, Wickham added.—
Danielle Zickl,
Health,
26 Feb. 2026
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Her sleep was getting worse, and the tingling numbness in her hands returned.—
Sarah Boden,
NPR,
26 Feb. 2026
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Padilla breaks a few times, channeling Heidi Gardner, and the crowd gets amused.—
Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Mar. 2026
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There were also stories about Reinsdorf not being amused by the wise-cracking or esoteric commentary by Benetti during play-by-play, as if baseball were a deadly serious sport that should be treated with more dignity.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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That role, and the vitriol from within the industry toward the movie (a flop turned cult favorite), still stings.—
Cat Woods,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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After the match, that loss really stung.—
Bobby Narang,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Democratic stars rising out of Texas titillated the base, not the middle let alone the right.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
4 Mar. 2026
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This is not a titillating tell-all, and all the better for it.—
Cat Woods,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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For instance, if a textbook bores you, try watching a documentary!—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
6 Mar. 2026
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This just proves why schemers are so much more entertaining than boring ass Joe.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
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So to satiate that curiosity, Publix keeps a fresh supply of new and exciting things coming to store shelves.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2026
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And as such are grappling with the complex history of figures like him, whose lust for profit is matched only by a prescient sense of what the world will need next to satiate the ravenous maw of industry and global capital.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Tickle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tickle. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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