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Tickling

Tickling is the act of touching a part of a person's body in a way that causes involuntary twitching movements or laughter. The word "tickle"ⓘ evolved from the Middle English tikelen, perhaps frequentative of ticken, to touch lightly.

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Self-tickling

Tickle fight

As physical abuse

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Tickling

Nodes76
Edges75
Triples116
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026316
Components1

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Tickling

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related to Further reading · 41
Tickling → BBC, Behnke EJ, Benjamin Kreifelts, Bibcode, Carlsson, Carolin Brück, Cognitive Neuroscience, David, Diana, Different Types, Dirk Wildgruber, Distinct Parts, Electric, Fried, Fry WF, Ingvar, ISBN, JAMA, January, Journal
related to As physical abuse · 21
Tickling → After, Although, An, At, British Medical Journal, European, Flossenbürg, He, Heinz Heger, In, Japan, Nazi, Once, One, Pink Triangle, SS, The, The Men, Then, This
related to Purpose · 11
Tickling → Bacon, But, Charles Darwin, Darwin, Francis Bacon, Galileo, Galileo Galilei, In The Assayer, Plato, Some, When
related to Physiology · 9
Tickling → For, Gargalesis, German, Horses, Knismesis, The, These, This, When
related to External links · 7
Tickling → Article, Boston Globe Online, Is, Telegraph, The Straight Dope, UK, Why
related to Self-tickling · 7
Tickling → Aristotle, Greek, His, Knismesis, Perhaps, Problems, The
related to Social aspects · 5
Tickling → Charles Darwin, Darwin, If, Laughter, The
is a · 2
Tickling → act of touching a part of a person's body in a way that causes involuntary twitching movements or laughter, nervous reaction that can be triggered
see also · 1
Tickling → FeelingTickling

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Ticklingis aact of touching a part of a person's body in a way that causes involuntary twitching movements or laughter0.90text
Ticklingis anervous reaction that can be triggered0.90text
smilinginstance ofand is associated with behaviors0.80text
laughterinstance ofand is associated with behaviors0.80text
twitchinginstance ofand is associated with behaviors0.80text
withdrawalinstance ofand is associated with behaviors0.80text
goose bumps.The tickle can be divided into two separate categories of sensationinstance ofand is associated with behaviors0.80text
knismesisinstance ofand is associated with behaviors0.80text
gargalesisinstance ofand is associated with behaviors0.80text
scratchinginstance ofThis reflex can be brought on by actions0.80text
brushinginstance ofThis reflex can be brought on by actions0.80text
strokinginstance ofThis reflex can be brought on by actions0.80text

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