Search results
- Dictionarytick·le/ˈtik(ə)l/
verb
- 1. lightly touch or prod (a person or a part of the body) in a way that causes itching and often laughter: "she tickled me under the chin" Similar
- 2. appeal to (someone's taste, sense of humor, curiosity, etc.): "here are a couple of anecdotes that might tickle your fancy" Similar
noun
- 1. an act of tickling someone: "Dad gave my chin a little tickle"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
to touch someone lightly with your fingers, making them slightly uncomfortable and often making them laugh: Stop! You're tickling me! I tickled her feet and she laughed. [ I or T ] If a part of the body tickles, or if something tickles it, it feels slightly uncomfortable and you want to rub it: My nose is tickling, I think I'm going to sneeze.
to touch someone lightly with your fingers, making them slightly uncomfortable and often making them laugh: Stop! You're tickling me! I tickled her feet and she laughed. [ I or T ] If a part of the body tickles, or if something tickles it, it feels slightly uncomfortable and you want to rub it: My nose is tickling, I think I'm going to sneeze.
The meaning of TICKLE is to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements. How to use tickle in a sentence.
To touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements. 2. a. To tease or excite pleasurably; titillate: suspense that tickles the reader's curiosity. b. To fill with mirth or pleasure; delight. v.intr. To feel or cause a tingling sensation. n. 1. The act of tickling. 2. A tickling sensation. Idiom: tickled pink Informal.
When you tickle someone, you touch them in a way that makes them laugh and squirm. It's impossible to tickle yourself—you can only tickle others. You might tickle a baby to make him squeal and giggle, and the sensation he feels is also called a tickle.
verb. 1. to touch, stroke, or poke (a person, part of the body, etc) so as to produce pleasure, laughter, or a twitching sensation. 2. (transitive) to excite pleasurably; gratify.
Tickle means to touch sensitive body parts in order to cause laughter, to stroke lightly to cause an itching sensation, or to excite. Tickle has several other senses as a verb and a noun. You might tickle your baby brother as part of playing to get him to laugh.
tickle. [transitive, intransitive] tickle (somebody/something) to move your fingers on a sensitive part of somebody’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.
verb. Simple past tense and past participle of tickle. Wiktionary. Synonyms: cheered. enchanted. gratified. pleasured. joyed. delighted. gladdened. pleased. titillated. caressed. rubbed. amused. stimulated. annoyed. aroused. Tickled Sentence Examples. Grass tickled her toes. He lowered his head until his hot breath tickled her ear.
[transitive, intransitive] tickle (something) 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.
