Definitions for vellicate
Princeton's WordNet
tickle, titillate, vellicate(verb)
touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
pinch, vellicate(verb)
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"
Wiktionary
vellicate(Verb)
to touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
It was nothing much - just a tiny vellicating muscle in the corner of the left eye, [...]
vellicate(Verb)
to irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
Smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth
vellicate(Verb)
to pinch
vellicate(Verb)
make to twitch
Webster Dictionary
Vellicate(verb)
to twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively
Vellicate(verb)
to move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates
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