TITILLATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does titillation mean? 

• TITILLATION (noun)
  The noun TITILLATION has 3 senses:

1. a tingling feeling of excitement (as from teasing or tickling)

2. an agreeable arousal

3. the act of tickling

  Familiarity information: TITILLATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TITILLATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tingling feeling of excitement (as from teasing or tickling)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("titillation" is a kind of...):

excitement; exhilaration (the feeling of lively and cheerful joy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An agreeable arousal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("titillation" is a kind of...):

arousal; rousing (the act of arousing)

Derivation:

titillate (excite pleasurably or erotically)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of tickling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

tickle; tickling; titillation

Hypernyms ("titillation" is a kind of...):

touch; touching (the act of putting two things together with no space between them)

Derivation:

titillate (touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements)