tickle

🇺🇸 /ˈtɪkl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈtɪkl/
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verb
R

to touch someone lightly to make them laugh

I tickled his feet to make him laugh.

R

to feel a light, tingling sensation

My throat tickles when I have a cold.

R

to please or amuse someone

It tickled me to find we both liked the same thing.

noun
R

the act of tickling someone

She gave him a tickle to make him smile.

R

a light, tingling feeling

A tickle in my throat made me cough.

translation

v. to touch someone lightly to make them laugh; to feel a light, tingling sensation; to please or amuse someone
n. the act of tickling someone; a light, tingling feeling

Word Forms

3rd Present tickles
Progressive tickling
Past tickled
Perfect tickled
Plural tickles