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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tick•le /ˈtɪkəl/USA pronunciation v., -led, -ling, n. v. - to stroke lightly with the fingers, with a feather, etc., so as to cause a tingling or itching sensation in:[~ + object]To wake him up she would tickle his nose with a feather.
- to have or be affected with such a sensation:[no object]The hairs on his face tickled.
- to poke some sensitive part of the body so as to cause laughter:[~ + object]He'd tickle the kids right before bedtime and get them giggling and out of breath.
- to cause an agreeable feeling of excitement in:[~ + object]to tickle someone's fancy.
- to amuse or delight:[~ + object]The clown's antics tickled the kids.
n. [countable] - an act or instance of tickling.
- a tickling sensation:a slight tickle in the throat.
Idioms- Idioms tickled pink or tickled to death, greatly pleased:We're tickled pink that you could attend.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tick•le (tik′əl),USA pronunciation v., -led, -ling, n. v.t. - to touch or stroke lightly with the fingers, a feather, etc., so as to excite a tingling or itching sensation in;
titillate. - to poke some sensitive part of the body so as to excite spasmodic laughter.
- to excite agreeably;
gratify:to tickle someone's vanity. - to excite amusement in:The clown's antics really tickled the kids.
- to get, move, etc., by or as by tickling:She tickled him into saying yes.
v.i. - to be affected with a tingling or itching sensation, as from light touches or strokes:I tickle all over.
- to produce such a sensation.
- tickled pink, [Informal.]greatly pleased:She was tickled pink that someone had remembered her birthday.
n. - an act or instance of tickling.
- a tickling sensation.
- Middle English tikelen, frequentative of tick1 (in obsolete sense) to touch lightly 1300–50
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged amuse, please, delight, enchant.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tickle /ˈtɪkəl/ vb - to touch, stroke, or poke (a person, part of the body, etc) so as to produce pleasure, laughter, or a twitching sensation
- (transitive) to excite pleasurably; gratify
- (transitive) to delight or entertain (often in the phrase tickle one's fancy)
- (intransitive) to itch or tingle
- (transitive) to catch (a fish, esp a trout) by grasping it with the hands and gently moving the fingers into its gills
- tickle pink, tickle to death ⇒ informal to please greatly
n - a sensation of light stroking or itching
- the act of tickling
- Canadian (in the Atlantic Provinces) a narrow strait
Etymology: 14th Century: related to Old English tinclian, Old High German kizziton, Old Norse kitla, Latin titillāre to titillate |