单词 | tickle |
释义 | tickle /tik"euhl/, v. , tickled, tickling, n. v.t. 1. to touch or stroke lightly with the fingers, a feather, etc., so as to excite a tingling or itching sensation in; titillate. 2. to poke some sensitive part of the body so as to excite spasmodic laughter. 3. to excite agreeably; gratify: to tickle someone's vanity. 4. to excite amusement in: The clown's antics really tickled the kids. 5. to get, move, etc., by or as by tickling: She tickled him into saying yes. v.i. 6. to be affected with a tingling or itching sensation, as from light touches or strokes: I tickle all over. 7. to produce such a sensation. 8. tickled pink, Informal. greatly pleased: She was tickled pink that someone had remembered her birthday. n. 9. an act or instance of tickling. 10. a tickling sensation. [1300-50; ME tikelen, freq. of TICK1 (in obs. sense) to touch lightly] Syn. 4. amuse, please, delight, enchant. |
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