| Front | tickle |
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| Back | tickle verb, noun BrE /ˈtɪkl/ NAmE /ˈtɪkl/ verb verb forms word origin 1 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sb/sth) to move your fingers on a sensitive part of sb's body in a way that makes them laugh The bigger girls used to chase me and tickle me. I tickled his feet with a feather. Stop tickling! 2 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sth) to produce a slightly uncomfortable feeling in a sensitive part of the body; to have a feeling like this His beard was tickling her cheek. My throat tickles. a tickling cough 3 [transitive] to amuse and interest sb ~ sb/sth to tickle sb's imagination ~ sb to do sth I was tickled to discover that we'd both done the same thing. be tickled ˈpink (informal) to be very pleased or amused She was tickled pink to be given flowers. tickle sb's ˈfancy (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 word origin [usually singular] 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) see slap and tickle at slap n. |
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