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vellicate

 : 
Verb (usu participle)
 : 
vel=li=cate

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb vellicate has 2 senses

  • vellicate(v = verb.perception) tickle, titillate - touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements;
  • is one way to itch
    Derived form noun vellication1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  • vellicate(v = verb.change) pinch - irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"
  • is one way to irritate
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something ----s something

CIDE DICTIONARY

vellicatev. t. [L. vellicatus, p. p. of vellicare to twitch, fr. vellere to pluck, pull.].
     To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.  [1913 Webster]
    "Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve in its extremity, are not very dangerous."  [1913 Webster]
vellicatev. i. 
     To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

vellicate

Agitation

VB be agitated, shake, tremble, tremble like an aspen leaf, quiver, quaver, quake, shiver, twitter, twire, writhe, toss, shuffle, tumble, stagger, bob, reel, sway, wag, waggle, wriggle, wriggle like an eel, dance, stumble, shamble, flounder, totter, flounce, flop, curvet, prance, cavort, squirm, throb, pulsate, beat, palpitate, go pitapat, flutter, flitter, flicker, bicker, bustle, ferment, effervesce, foam, boil, boil over, bubble up, simmer, toss about, jump about, jump like a parched pea, shake like an aspen leaf, shake to its center, shake to its foundations, be the sport of the winds and waves, reel to and fro like a drunken man, move from post to pillar and from pillar to post, drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post, keep between hawk and buzzard, agitate, shake, convulse, toss, tumble, bandy, wield, brandish, flap, flourish, whisk, jerk, hitch, jolt, jog, joggle, jostle, buffet, hustle, disturb, stir, shake up, churn, jounce, wallop, whip, vellicate.

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