tickled
pronunciation
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Word Origin
- tickled (adj.)
- "pleased, happy," 1580s, past participle adjective from tickle (v.). To be tickled pink is from 1909.
Example
- 1. It is the fear of being tickled by feathers .
- 2. The kid on stage at the demo went through a bunch of the activities and tickled the happy tiger cub .
- 3. As someone who is fascinated with technology , the stuff I found in my investigation of robots and the workforce tickled me .
- 4. When scientists set out to trace the roots of human laughter , some chimps and gorillas were just tickled to help .
- 5. Many readers were tickled by the analogy that compared president obama to a nervous groom and india to slightly reluctant bride , and expanded on the metaphor .