26984 words

tickles

7 definitions • 6 examples
1
to touch someone lightly with your fingers, making them slightly uncomfortable and often making them laugh:

Examples:

Stop! You're tickling me!
I tickled her feet and she laughed.
2
If a part of the body tickles, or if something tickles it, it feels slightly uncomfortable and you want to rub it:

Examples:

My nose is tickling, I think I'm going to sneeze.
3
If something tickles you, you find it funny or it makes you happy:

Examples:

be tickled pink old-fashioned I was tickled pink (= very happy) to hear the news.
4
to tickle a person or an animal:

Examples:

The dog was lying on his back, waiting for me to give him a tickle.
5
an unpleasant feeling in your throat that makes you want to cough
6
to touch someone in a way that causes a slightly uncomfortable physical feeling which makes you laugh:

Examples:

She tickled his feet.
7
an unpleasant feeling in your throat that might make you cough

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