bot tickles the ivories, titillate, wasabi, twitch-tickling

“'Words,' he said, 'is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life'.”
 ―from THE BFG by Roald Dahl


What is the hardest crop to grow?

Clue: It's mainly grown in Japan and can tickle your nosehttp://bbc.in/XIUkx8

For nearly 30 years, Brian Oates has, in his words, "pig-headedly" devoted himself to a single pursuit: setting up the first commercial wasabi farm in North America.

Dozens of others in the US and Canada have tried to grow the plant - a type of horseradish that originates in Japan, where it is found growing naturally in rocky river beds - but almost all have failed.

Refined Titillation, With Breeding as the Tease

Piano player bot tickles the ivories in Taiwan
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The bot is the work of Taiwan's Hiwin Technologies and can play complex melodies with its multiple digits. Hiwin makes ball screws and components such as ...See all stories on this topic »
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twitch

twɪtʃ/

verb

1. 1.

   give or cause to give a short, sudden jerking or convulsive movement.

   
   

   "her lips twitched and her eyelids fluttered"

   
   

   synonyms:

   jerk, move spasmodically/convulsively, spasm, convulse, flutter, quiver, tremble, shiver, quaver, shudder "his body twitched and then lay still"

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2. 2.

   use a twitch to subdue (a horse).

noun

1. 1.

   a short, sudden jerking or convulsive movement.

   
   

   "his mouth gave a slight twitch"

   
   

   synonyms:

   spasm, convulsive movement, convulsion, jerk, flutter, quiver, tremor, shiver, shudder; tic "an involuntary twitch of her lips"

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2. 2.

   a small noose attached to a stick, which may be twisted around the upper lip or the ear of a horse to subdue it during veterinary procedures.

Tickling is the act of touching a part of a body in a way that causes involuntarytwitching movements or laughter. The word "tickle" (help. · info) evolved from the Middle English tikelen, perhaps frequentative of ticken, to touch lightly. The idiomtickled pink means to be pleased or delighted.

Tickling - Wikipedia

tick·le (tĭk'əl)

v., -led, -ling, -les. v.tr.

1. To touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements.
2. 1. To tease or excite pleasurably; titillate: suspense that tickles the reader's curiosity.
   2. To fill with mirth or pleasure; delight. See synonyms at please.

v.intr.
To feel or cause a tingling sensation.

n.

1. The act of tickling.
2. A tickling sensation.

idiom:
tickled pink Informal.

1. Very pleased; delighted: I was tickled pink by the compliment.

[Middle English tikelen, perhaps frequentative of ticken, to touch lightly.]

titillate

 音節

tit • il • late

発音

títəlèit

titillateの変化形

titillated (過去形) • titillated (過去分詞) • titillating (現在分詞) • titillates (三人称単数現在)

[動](他)

1 …をくすぐる.

2 〈空想・興味・五感・人などを〉快く刺激する, （性的に）興奮させる.

tít・il・làt・ing

[形]

tìt・il・látion

[名]