tickle
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they tickle | |
| he / she / it tickles | |
| past simple tickled | |
| past participle tickled | |
| -ing form tickling |
- [transitive, intransitive] tickle (somebody/something)
to move your fingers on a sensitive part of somebody’s body in a way that makes them laugh 呵痒；胳肢 - [transitive, intransitive] tickle (something)
to produce a slightly uncomfortable feeling in a sensitive part of the body; to have a feeling like this （使）发痒 - [transitive]
to please and interest somebody 逗乐；使高兴；使感兴趣；使满足
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘be delighted or thrilled’): perhaps a frequentative of the verb tick, or an alteration of Scots and dialect kittle ‘to tickle’.
Idioms
be tickled pink
- (informal)
to be very pleased 高兴极了；非常开心 She was tickled pink to be given flowers. 她非常高兴收到鲜花。
tickle somebody’s fancy