To lightly rub the tips of your fingers across someone's back (or anywhere else for that matter) to produce a slight tickle that feels very relaxing and can put you to sleep.
Guy 1: I was having a hard time sleeping, so my girlfriend gave me tickies. It was the most relaxing thing ever.
A fancy term in the field of fluid mechanics that really just describes the boundary layer momentum thickness. No one really knows what it is, what it does, or how to use it - not even the teacher.