tickle.html - {v. phr.}, {informal} To please very much; thrill; delight. Usually used in the passive participle. * /Nancy was tickled pink with her new dress./

tickle.html - See: TO DEATH.

tickle.html - 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.

tickled pink (or to death) colloq. extremely amused or pleased.

tickler n. tickly adj. [ME, prob. frequent. of TICK(1)]

tickle.html - {v. phr.}, {informal} To please very much; thrill; delight. Usually used in the passive participle. * /Nancy was tickled pink with her new dress./

tickle.html - See: TO DEATH.

tickle.html - 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.

tickled pink (or to death) colloq. extremely amused or pleased.

tickler n. tickly adj. [ME, prob. frequent. of TICK(1)]