tickling

verb

present participle of tickle
1
as in tingling

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2
as in titillating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tickling
  1. tingling
  2. titillating
  3. itching
  4. exciting
  5. tapping
  6. amusing
  7. stinging
  8. sating
Verb
  • Severe cases can cause tingling sensations in the hands and feet, and without treatment the disease can progress to respiratory or kidney failure.
    — Amanda Roome, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
  • Holland also told Fallon his Spidey senses are tingling for an England championship win.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 2026
Definition of tingling
Verb
  • The main sources are these court documents and also some newspaper articles about them, because these were kind of titillating stories to write about.
    — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
  • After nearly half a century of titillating pop culture to the brink of its understanding, the most shocking thing Madonna can do, at this point, is be honest about all of this.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Definition of titillating
Verb
  • The experience was one that had Dawkins itching to get into his own vehicle.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026
  • These new voices energized voters itching for change and convinced that congressional Republicans were not fighting President Barack Obama hard enough.
    — David M. Drucker, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
Definition of itching
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  • Major Wilson, 17, has been around horses most of his life and now spends much of his time helping younger riders get ready, showing them how to saddle their horses without exciting them.
    — Jhair Romero, Houston Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2026
  • For Harrington and her husband Dante, the thought of triplets was shocking but exciting all the same.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Definition of exciting
Verb
  • Tech companies are also tapping public markets for cash, including Google-parent Alphabet, which last month announced an $85 billion equity sale.
    — Hugh Son, CNBC, 24 July 2026
  • Like the way the girls made candy from tapping molasses trees, and letting syrup freeze on ice.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Definition of tapping
Verb
  • The podcast added its own layer of lighthearted commentary, signaling that even those closest to the Kelce family found the coverage amusing rather than newsworthy.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The podcast, which has become a cultural touchstone in its own right, signaled that even those closest to the Kelce family found the coverage amusing rather than newsworthy.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
Definition of amusing
Verb
  • Off the back of her high-profile return to music and very public stinging attack of David Harbour, Prime Video is making a doc about Lily Allen.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 July 2026
  • Symptoms of smoke inhalation include coughing, trouble breathing, wheezing, asthma attacks, stinging eyes, scratchy throat, runny nose and irritated sinuses, headaches, tiredness, chest pain and a fast heartbeat.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Definition of stinging
Verb
  • As a horrified Sam inadvertently observes, a creature has been sating itself on his buddy’s brain.
    — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
  • People sating their desires for food and company no longer need seedy hotels or hastily arranged Facebook events, now that brick-and-mortar spaces like Aikens’s restaurant exist.
    — Victoria M. Walker, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 May 2026
Definition of sating
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