tickle

tickle
1 verb
1 (T) to rub someone's body gently with your fingers in order to make them laugh
2 (I, T) if something touching your body tickles you, it makes you want to rub your body because it is uncomfortable: Mommy, this blanket tickles.
3 (T) if a situation, remark etc tickles you, it amuses or pleases you: I was tickled by her description of the wedding. | be tickled pink (=be very pleased or amused): She was tickled pink to see you in the paper!
4 tickle sb's fancy old-fashioned if something tickles your fancy, it seems interesting and makes you want to do it: The idea of appearing in a film rather tickled his fancy.
5 tickle the ivories old-fashioned to play the piano
2 noun (singular)
1 a slight sore feeling which makes you want to cough or rub yourself; itch 2 (1): I've got a tickle in my throat that won't go away.
2 give sb a tickle to rub someone lightly with your fingers in order to make them laugh

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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