1 to move your fingers on a sensitive part of sb's body in a way that makes them laugh:
[VN] The bigger girls used to chase me and tickle me. * I tickled his feet with a feather. * [V] Stop tickling!
2 to produce a slightly uncomfortable feeling in a sensitive part of the body; to have a feeling like this:
[VN] His beard was tickling her cheek. * [V] My throat tickles. * a tickling cough
3 to amuse and interest sb:
[VN] to tickle sb's imagination / curiosity / sense of humour * [VNtoinf] I was tickled to discover that we'd both done the same thing.
IDIOMS
be tickled pink (informal) to be very pleased or amused:
She was tickled pink to be given flowers.
tickle sb's fancy (informal) to please or amuse sb:
See if any of these tickle your fancy. * If you see something that tickles your fancy, I'll buy it for you.
noun [usuallysing.]
1 an act of tickling sb:
She gave the child a little tickle.
2 a slightly uncomfortable feeling in a part of your body:
to have a tickle in your throat (= that makes you want to cough)
IDIOMS see SLAPn.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is tickle a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, tickle is tagged as verb.
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