tickle
verb (used with object)
to touch or stroke lightly with the fingers, a feather, etc., so as to excite a tingling or itching sensation in; titillate.
is tickling
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present progressiveof tickle (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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You could watch it on YouTube and laugh straight through, as when someone is tickling you and won’t stop.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 21, 2016
With each rig sporting two parachute jigs, there is room for experimenting with different combinations of color and weight to find what is tickling the striper's fancy on a particular day.
From Time Magazine Archive
‘You is tickling me a bit,’ the BFG said.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
Sometimes he will get into bed with you and bite you, because you have not resolution enough to lie perfectly still while he is tickling you….
From Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn
In that other clump of trees, where an ayah is tickling a white baby into laughter, was the pavilion of the Nana himself, who inherited the Mahratta preference for canvas over bricks and mortar.
From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Archibald Forbes
