tickle

To tickle someone is to touch a person on the part of the body that causes laughter or some kind of tingly physical stimulation.

These sentences incude some form of the word "tickle."

• That tickles.
• That’s tickling me.
• The children are tickling each other.
• They’re tickling each other’s feet.
• Some people like to be tickled; others don’t.
• Stop tickling.
• Please, stop tickling me.
• Walter doesn’t like to be tickled.
• There’s something tickling me on my feet.
• The grandmother gave her grandson a little tickle underneath the chin. (In this sentence, the word "tickle" is a noun.)

The word "ticklish" is an adjective:

• She’s very ticklish. (She laughs easily upon being touched in certain places.)
• He’s ticklish around his stomach.
• The doctor’s hands made the young patient feel ticklish.
• Some people are very ticklish; others aren’t.

There are some expressions that include the word "tickle."

• This will tickle your fancy. (This will amuse you.)
• Roger told some rib ticklers at the party. (He told some jokes.)
• Ursula sat down at the piano to tickle the ivories. (tickle the ivories = play the piano)
• That tickles me. (The amuses me, but I’m not laughing.)
• I am tickled to death. (I am very amused, or I am very happy.)

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July 30, 2019