tickle

tickle
'tikl 1. verb
1) (to touch (sensitive parts of someone's skin) lightly, often making the person laugh: He tickled me / my feet with a feather.) kile
2) ((of a part of the body) to feel as if it is being touched in this way: My nose tickles.) kile, være kilen
3) (to amuse: The funny story tickled him.) more
2. noun
1) (an act or feeling of tickling.) kiling
2) (a feeling of irritation in the throat (making one cough).) kløe
•
- be tickled pink
kile
I
subst. \/ˈtɪkl\/
1) kiling, kildring, pirring
• he gave my foot a tickle
han kilte meg under foten
2) (slang) gevinst, suksess
3) (slang) brekk, innbrudd
II
verb \/ˈtɪkl\/
1) kile
• she tickled her with a feather
hun kilte henne med en fjær
• don't tickle!
ikke kil!
• my nose tickles
det kiler i nesen min
2) være kilen
3) pirre
4) kildre
5) more, glede, smigre
• the story tickled me
historien moret meg
• the news will tickle you
nyhetene vil glede deg
6) tiltale, smigre
• you are tickling my vanity
du smigrer min forfengelighet
7) vekke
• the sharp sound tickled his curiosity
den skarpe lyden vakte nysgjerrigheten hans
be tickled to death eller be tickled pink eller be tickled no end (hverdagslig) føle seg veldig smigret fryde seg, bli\/være henrykt bli\/være svært glad
• that would tickle him to death
det vil gjøre ham kjempeglad
(holde på å) le seg i hjel
• she was tickled no end by the joke
hun holdt på å le seg i hjel av vitsen
tickle someone's palm eller tickle someone in the palm se ➢ palm
tickle someone's ribs se ➢ rib
tickle the ivories (hverdagslig) spille piano

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