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
  • Pain, numbness or tingling in the lower extremities can point to an orthopedic issue, but the same sensations can also signal prostate cancer that has spread.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Symptoms can include arm or leg pain, numbness, weakness and tingling, and Mayo Clinic advises calling a doctor if pain in the neck or back spreads to an arm or leg.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2026
Definition of tingling
Verb
  • But the action is so dependent on overwrought dialogue, red herrings, titillating close-ups, and a barrage of throwback songs that the story constantly takes a backseat.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Where to Follow Our Black Hat 2026 Coverage Black Hat’s briefing schedule is, as always, jam-packed with interesting demonstrations and titillating panel discussions.
    — Kim Key, PC Magazine, 30 July 2026
Definition of titillating
Verb
  • The Cougars will be itching to erase that runner-up finish and crack the CFP.
    — Maura Carey, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Denise has written a novel in secret, about a frustrated housewife itching to leave her husband and kids for a rich, fulfilling life in New York.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 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
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  • Like the name suggests, the trend helps to match different makeup aesthetics to the birth months of the year, tapping up your cosmic sign, the season you're born in, and even your birth stone to help determine the perfect makeup look for you.
    — Elle Turner, Glamour, 15 Aug. 2026
  • She’s tasked with apprehending The Puppet Master (Iemasa Kayumi), a hacker who appears to be tapping directly into these networked minds and altering memories.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of tapping
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  • 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
  • The island’s very existence—a prosperous, democratic Chinese society integrated with the West—offers a stinging rebuke to the claim that authoritarian rule is uniquely suited to the Chinese people.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Still stinging emotionally from the recording studio shooting and assault case that both happened in New York and Shakur feared were setups, Knight told Kearse a week after Shakur’s death that Tupac had more than a financial connection to Death Row.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of stinging
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  • 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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