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Sign in to savethumb|Tickling The Baby by Fritz Zuber-Buhler, 19th century painting
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Physiology
- Tickle fight
- Social aspects
- Purpose
- Self-tickling
- As physical abuse
- See also
- Further reading
- References
- External links
thumb|Tickling The Baby by Fritz Zuber-Buhler, 19th century painting
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 evolved from the Middle English tikelen, perhaps frequentative of ticken, to touch lightly.
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