Tickle \Tic"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tickled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tickling}.] [Perhaps freq. of tick to beat; pat; but cf.
also AS. citelian to tickle, D. kittelen, G. kitzlen, OHG.
chizzil[=o]n, chuzzil[=o]n, Icel. kitla. Cf. {Kittle}, v. t.]
1. To touch lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling
sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of
spasm which become dengerous if too long protracted.
If you tickle us, do we not laugh? --Shak.
2. To please; to gratify; to make joyous.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. --Pope.
Such a nature Tickled with good success, disdains
the shadow Which he treads on at noon. --Shak.
Tickle \Tic"kle\, v. i.
1. To feel titillation.
He with secret joy therefore Did tickle inwardly in
every vein. --Spenser.
2. To excite the sensation of titillation. --Shak.
Tickle \Tic"kle\, a.
1. Ticklish; easily tickled. [Obs.]
2. Liable to change; uncertain; inconstant. [Obs.]
The world is now full tickle, sikerly. --Chaucer.
So tickle is the state of earthy things. --Spenser.
3. Wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the slightest
touch; unstable; easily overthrown. [Obs.]
Thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders, that a
milkmaid, if she be in love, may sigh it off.
--Shak.
资料来源 : WordNet®
tickle
v 1: touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface
nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic
movements [syn: {titillate}, {vellicate}]
2: feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled
by the speed and the roar of the engine" [syn: {thrill}, {vibrate}]
3: touch or stroke lightly; "The grass tickled her calves"
tickle
n 1: a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking
2: the act of tickling [syn: {tickling}, {titillation}]
资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
Tickle
A {text editor}, file translator and {TCL}
{interpreter} for the {Macintosh}.
Version 5.0v1. The text editor breaks the 32K limit (like
{MPW}).
The file translation utilities support {drag and drop}
handling via tcl scripts of {BinHex}, {MacBinary}, {Apple
Computer} Single/Double, {StuffIt} (with engine), {Unix}
{compress}, {Unix} {tar} and {UUencode} files as well as text
translation.
Tickle implements tcl 7.0 with {tclX} extensions and
{Macintosh} equivalents of {Unix}'s {ls}, {pwd}, {cd}
commands. It provides Macintosh access to {Resource Manager},
{Communications Toolbox}, {OSA} Components (and
{AppleScript}), {Editions} (publish and subscribe) and {Apple
Events} (including AEBuild and AEPrint). {OSA Script} support
allows programming of any OSA scripting component within
Tickle interpreter windows. It provides the OSAtcl and OSAJ
{J}/{APL} extensions and creates "Ticklets" which are small
{application program}s that carry only the tcl script and use
code in the OSAtcl component to drive an application that
allows {drag and drop} with tcl scripts. Tickle is scriptable
and recordable.
{(ftp://ftp.msen.com/pub/vendor/ice/tickle/Tickle5.0v1.hqx)}.
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