| VERB | perception | vellicate, tickle, titillate | touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
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| change | vellicate, pinch | irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear |
| Meaning | touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | tickle, titillate | |
| Broader | itch | Have or perceive an itch |
| Spanish | cosquillar, cosquillear, hacer cosquillas | |
| Catalan | pessigollejar | |
| Nouns | vellication | a sudden muscle spasm |
| Meaning | irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth" | |
| Synonym | pinch | |
| Broader | irritate | excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus |
| Spanish | pellizcar, velicar | |
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