Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 15 compound words that contain tickle. The most common are listed below. Open tickle in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- Tickle torture
- tickle the ivoriesTo play a piano or other keyboard instrument.
- tickle someone's pickleTo amuse or astonish someone.
- tickle the dragon's tailTo do something that has a risk of going catastrophically wrong.
- tickle pinkTo thoroughly delight or amuse; to elate.
- slap and tickleMild or playful kissing, cuddling, and other amorous play.
- tickle someone's funny boneTo amuse someone.
- tickle someone's fancyTo amuse, entertain, or appeal to someone; to stimulate someone's imagination in a favorable manner.
- tickle the earTo flatter someone.
- tickle the ivoryAlternative form of tickle the ivories: To play a piano or other keyboard instrument.
- tickle the wireTo create a situation that will encourage the target of a criminal probe to speak and divulge information on a wiretapped telephone.
- Tommy come tickle meA card-matching game similar to snip-snap-snorum.
- tickle-footedhaving unsure or slippery footing, or inconstant.
Compound words 15
- ticklesomeTickly, sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.
- tickleeOne who is tickled.
- ticklegrassAny of certain grasses in the genus Agrostis.
- ticklebrainAlcoholic liquor.
- ticklestsecond-person singular simple present indicative of tickle
- tickleththird-person singular simple present indicative of tickle: The act of tickling.
- tickleassA bird, the black-legged kittiwake.
- schtickleA bit, morsel.
- bansticklethree-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).
- tickleaceAlternative form of tickleass: A bird, the black-legged kittiwake.