TICKLE


Meaning of TICKLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tɪk(ə)l ]

( tickles, tickling, tickled)

1.

When you tickle 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 tickles you or tickles , it causes an irritating feeling by lightly touching a part of your body.

...a yellow hat with a great feather that tickled her ear...

A beard doesn’t scratch, it just tickles.

VERB : V n , V

3.

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

It tickles me to see him riled...

The story was really funny–it tickled me.

VERB : it V n to-inf , V n

• tick‧led

They all sounded just as tickled.

ADJ : usu v-link ADJ

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