Tickle

Definitions

1. A habitational surname from Old English.
2. The act of tickling.
3. An itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling.
4. A light tap of the ball.
   informal
5. A narrow strait, such as between an island and the shore.
   Newfoundland

Equivalents

Examples

“I have⟳ a persistent tickle⟳ in my throat.”

“There's a very fine line between a tickle⟳ and an edge!”

“Charts and Plans. [...] No. New Charts. 2253 England, and south coast—Dartmouth harbour. [...] 3320 Newfoundland, Thimble tickles and Glover harbour—Head of Seal bay.”

“Cow Head itself is a prominent headland connected to the settlement by a natural causeway, or ‘tickle⟳’ as the Newfoundlanders prefer⟳ it.”

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