titillate

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verb

1. touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
• Syn:
tickle, vellicate
• Derivationally related forms:
vellication (for: vellicate), titillation, tickle (for: tickle), tickling (for: tickle)
• Hypernyms:
itch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. excite pleasurably or erotically
- A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine
• Derivationally related forms:
titillation
• Hypernyms:
stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
• Entailment:
please, delight
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The good news will titillate her

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  tickle, vellicate