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tick·ling

(tik'ling),
Denoting a peculiar itching or tingling sensation caused by excitation of surface nerves, as of the skin by light stroking.
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tick·ling

(tik'ling)
Denoting a peculiar itching or tingling sensation caused by excitation of surface nerves, as of the skin by light stroking.
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Born and raised in east Tennessee in the 1930s, Tickle worked as a teacher for almost two decades while raising seven children with her husband Sam.
But the game opened up after the restart, with Tickle crashing over before Widnes levelled through Olly Ashall-Bott and Danny Craven.
Designed for those 18 months to four years old, Tickle Me Elmo ($29.99) comes with two AA demo batteries.
Roger's first Mr Men book, Mr Tickle, was published in 1971.
Past studies have confirmed that attempting to tickle oneself has less of an effect than being tickled by someone else.
Those neurons turned out to respond equally to all tickles, whether the mice perceived them or not.
Kent and Rorrer observed that Tickle appeared weak and offered her a chair, fearing that she may faint.
Batting second DAC Beachcroft got off to a good start with Andrew Thomson hitting 28 before finding John Tickle on the boundary.
"The sound of human ha-ha laughter originated from the ancestral pant-pant, the sound of labored breathing of rough-and-tumble play, in which tickle is central," says Robert Provine, a neuroscientist at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
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