TICKLE


Meaning of TICKLE in English

(~s, tickling, ~d)

1.

When you ~ someone, you move your fingers lightly over a sensitive part of their body, often in order to make them laugh.

I was tickling him, and he was laughing and giggling.

VERB: V n

2.

If something ~s you or ~s, it causes an irritating feeling by lightly touching a part of your body.

...a yellow hat with a great feather that ~d her ear...

A beard doesn’t scratch, it just ~s.

VERB: V n, V

3.

If a fact or a situation ~s you, it amuses you or gives you pleasure.

It ~s me to see him riled...

The story was really funny–it ~d me.

VERB: it V n to-inf, V n

~d

They all sounded just as ~d.

ADJ: usu v-link ADJ

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