tickler

When I first discovered this taste-bud tickler — back in the height of quarantine — there was often a wait for a new batch to drop.

It’s the sort of tickler she so often misses, but this time she guides it into the centre of the cup, and the second match is all-square again.

“We call it the brain tickler,” said Jason Feldman, the chief executive of Vault Health.

A champion hugger, hair-messer and tickler, not being able to be physical with her grandparents, extended family or friends means she has become exponentially more handsy with her mums.

Then there’s Brad Marchand of the Boston Bruins - no tickler he.