tickle

Noun

• the act of tickling

• a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking

Verb

• touch or stroke lightly
  • The grass tickled her calves
    

• feel sudden intense sensation or emotion
  • he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine
    

• touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  tickling , titillation , thrill , vibrate , titillate , vellicate