- present participle of tickle.
tickling
Example Sentences
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After five hours of a painless electric tickling sensation, he had a fresh arm, and he was sent back out into battle.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
A spontaneous laugh triggered by tickling differs from a polite laugh during a meeting, a nervous laugh after making a mistake, or contagious laughter shared among friends.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
“In my dream, you kept getting closer to me, and then you started tickling me,” Linda tells him during a session, early in the film.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025
The left-hander spent six balls on 99 before tickling Jasprit Bumrah very fine for four.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025
The aeeda and small scraps stuck in their hair, their mouths, their nostrils, and worked, tickling, inside their clothes.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
