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tickleverb

uk ​ /ˈtɪk.əl/ us ​ /ˈtɪk.əl/

tickle verb (RUB SKIN)

› [ T ] 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.

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Idiom(s)

tickle sb's fancy

ticklenoun [ S ]

uk ​ /ˈtɪk.əl/ us ​ /ˈtɪk.əl/

(Definition of “tickle” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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tickleverb [ T ]

us ​ /ˈtɪk·əl/

› to touch someone in a way that causes a slightly uncomfortable physical feeling which makes you laugh:

She tickled his feet.

Idiom(s)

tickled pink

ticklenoun [ C ]

us ​ /ˈtɪk·əl/

› an unpleasant feeling in your throat that might make you cough

(Definition of “tickle” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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