Толковый словарь английского языка - tickle
Tickle
tickle
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
Рейтинг статьи:
Комментарии:
См. в других словарях
1.
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) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Вопрос-ответ:
Похожие слова
Ссылка для сайта или блога:
Ссылка для форума (bb-код):
Самые популярные термины
1 | 2342 | |
2 | 2015 | |
3 | 1335 | |
4 | 1204 | |
5 | 1201 | |
6 | 1145 | |
7 | 1119 | |
8 | 1002 | |
9 | 984 | |
10 | 924 | |
11 | 881 | |
12 | 830 | |
13 | 817 | |
14 | 806 | |
15 | 805 | |
16 | 735 | |
17 | 712 | |
18 | 686 | |
19 | 645 | |
20 | 637 |