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caressing

[kuh-res-ing] / kəˈrɛs ɪŋ /




NOUN
tickling
Synonyms


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I even ponied up for a pay-per-view a few years back to see Mayweather spend eight rounds gently caressing Jake’s overmatched older brother, Logan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

Jareth is an illusionist as beguiling and seductive as he is sinister, caressing bubbles and gravity-defiant glass spheres with liquid grace.

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026

The video, which was partly recorded inside the prison, shows him caressing a fighting cockerel and freely chatting to fellow inmates.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2025

With the cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, he shows them off beautifully, caressing them in light so that they look lit from within.

From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

As he stood, mute and grave, she again fell to caressing Carlo.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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