Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - tickle
Tickle
tickle
v. & n. --v. 1 a tr. apply light touches or strokes to (a person or part of a person's body) so as to excite the nerves and usu. produce laughter and spasmodic movement. b intr. feel this sensation (my foot tickles). 2 tr. excite agreeably; amuse or divert (a person, a sense of humour, vanity, etc.) (was highly tickled at the idea; this will tickle your fancy). 3 tr. catch (a trout etc.) by rubbing it so that it moves backwards into the hand. --n. 1 an act of tickling. 2 a tickling sensation. Phrases and idioms tickled pink (or to death) colloq. extremely amused or pleased. Derivatives tickler n. tickly adj. Etymology: ME, prob. frequent. of TICK(1)
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I. verb (~d; tickling) Etymology: Middle English tikelen; akin to Old English tinclian to ~ Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to excite or stir up agreeably ; please , to provoke to laughter or merriment ; amuse , to touch (as a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements, to touch or stir gently , intransitive verb to have a tingling or prickling sensation , to excite the surface nerves to prickle, II. noun Date: 1801 the act of tickling, a tickling sensation, something that ~s ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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