How to use tickle in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb, adjective

Tickle means the act of tickling. Example: “I have a persistent tickle in my throat.”

Examples of tickle by meaning

nounAn itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling.

I have a persistent tickle in my throat.

nounA light tap of the ball.

There's a very fine line between a tickle and an edge!2016, Ann Waterhouse, Cricket Made Simple

nounA narrow strait, such as between an island and the shore.

Cow Head itself is a prominent headland connected to the settlement by a natural causeway, or ‘tickle’ as the Newfoundlanders prefer it.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 169

verbTo touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.

He tickled Nancy's tummy, and she started to giggle.

verbTo feel as if the body part in question is being tickled.

My nose tickles, and I'm going to sneeze!

verbTo cause delight or amusement in.

He was tickled to receive such a wonderful gift.

More sentences with tickle

If you tickle me again, I'ma kick you in le balls.From the entry le
It tickles me pink that they chose me for the award.From the entry tickle pink
Climbing so close to an erupting volcano was tickling the dragon's tail.From the entry tickle the dragon's tail
Don't tell him the headline's misprinted; you don't want to tickle the dragon's tail.From the entry tickle the dragon's tail
His wisecracks always tickle my funny bone.From the entry funny bone
I thought this comic book might be just the sort of thing that would tickle your funny bone.From the entry tickle someone's funny bone
Don't tickle me – get off!From the entry get off
He's tickled pink about his promotion.From the entry tickled pink
I’ma gonna lick the syrup off of that face and tickle those ribbies.2024, Robert L. Slater, chapter 5, in No Man’s Land (Deserted Lands; 3), Bellingham, Wash.: Rocket Tears Press, →ISBN. From the entry ribbie
He warned, "You think all you'll be doing is getting tickled at a footfetish party?2021, Marlowe Granados, Happy Hour, unnumbered page. From the entry footfetish
He was beginning to sound a little cavemanny and it made her stomach tickle.2018, E.M. Gayle, Gabe’s Reckoning (Purgatory Masters Book 5), Gypsy Ink Books, →ISBN. From the entry cavemanny
Patches stretched out and rolled over, and Whiskers tickled the kitten's neck, shoulders, and upper belly.2004, Anne Hart, Problem-Solving and Cat Tales for the Holidays. From the entry catly
I was rather tickled to learn that she worked as a tapstress in a City public-house.1998, Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet, Virago (2018), page 376. From the entry tapstress
Give up whistling the national anthem while taking a shower, hey, whatever tickles your pickle.1995 March 3, Viet Dinh, “Vietisms: Everything You Wanted to Know about Sects but Were Afraid to Ask”, in Mark Binker, Johnny J. Wong…. From the entry whatever tickles your pickle
Gibson called me in part because she knew I like to provoke, tickle, and prod.1989, Helping Learners Learn at a Distance: Fifth Annual Conference on Teaching at a Distance, Madison, Wisconsin, August 8-10, 1989, The…. From the entry Minnesota nice
They'd lust and lasciviate and tickle themselves any old time for fun and pleasure" (p. 44).1988, Dialogue - Volume 21, page 170. From the entry lasciviate
Especially if the fringe of an antimacassar lolled over the top and tickled your neck?1942, Emily Carr, “Mrs. Crane”, in The Book of Small. From the entry antimacassar
I rub her bush with my cheek and my chin, tickle her bonne-bouche with my tongue.1941, Henry Miller, Under the Roofs of Paris (Opus Pistorum), New York: Grove Press, published 1983, page 27. From the entry bonne bouche
He puts stitches in the roof of your mouth — black horsehairy ones that tickle.1932, Northwest Journal of Dentistry, volume 20, page 210. From the entry horsehairy
He said that he was "tickled to death" to have a boy cousin.1915, Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson, The How and Why Library. From the entry to death
It proved appetizing enough to tickle the dieted palate of Richmond's exclusiveness.1909, Thomas Cooper De Leon, Belles, Beaux and Brains of the 60's, page 67. From the entry dieted
She does not know whose hands are whose, but feels the swash and jangle of a tickle shoot up her neck.2021, Felicia Kate Solomon, Lucia’s Poltergeist. From the entry swash
“Ooooh.”, Bob cried, “That tickles!” Stickful after stickful, Frank went about his work, whistling as he did so.2018, Simon J Stephens, Frank the Ferret’s (secret) Four Counties Adventure. From the entry stickful
That story never ceases to tickle my pickle!2015, Baker and Debra Burke-Simpkins, A Sensitive Dog's Guide to Love, Life and Counter Cruising, →ISBN. From the entry tickle someone's pickle
If you won't tickle my pickle, someone has to.2014, Cat Mason, Facing Me. From the entry tickle someone's pickle
And if you're looking to get your funny bone tickled, don't miss Rita Rudner's hilarious live stand-up show.”2013 October 6, Matt McKenna, “Poltergasm” (4:21 from the start), in American Dad!, season 10, episode 2, spoken by Announcer. From the entry funny bone
“Where’s the best place for the tickle monster to get you—here?” the hunter heard his father’s voice ask.2013, Jason P[eter] Stadtlander, chapter 8, in Steel Van Man, Mass.: Ashian Ink Publishing, →ISBN, part I (Overlap), page 72. From the entry ribbie
You tickle his toes, bzzt — there goes another.2000, Linda P Acredolo, Susan Goodwyn, Baby minds: brain-building games your baby will love. From the entry bzzt
Hyacinth perfume tickled her senses, making her feel giddy, but she saddened when she saw how uncared for the garden was.1999, Mary Ann Mitchell, Drawn To The Grave. From the entry sadden
I'll kick the something-somethings where it tickles most.'1980, Dennis Wheatley, The deception planners: my secret war, page 198. From the entry something-something
There will not be any Nancy to tickle my fancy in a kitchen full of handerkerchiefs and beckoning, unmade beds.1969, Dylan Thomas, Adventures in the Skin Trade, →ISBN, page 16. From the entry tickle someone's fancy
“They say things sometimes that tickles me nearly tuh death, but Ah won't laugh jus' tuh dis-incourage 'em.”1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Amistad, published 2013, page 63. From the entry disencourage
Has to keep her hands white to tickle the ivories.1915 October, Willa Sibert Cather, chapter XVI, in The Song of the Lark, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […]…. From the entry tickle the ivories
Laws o’ massy, I thort ye’d be tickled ter death!1903 December, Elizabeth Cherry Waltz, “The Mystery Play”, in Current Literature: A Magazine of Record and Review, volume XXXV, number 6…. From the entry uncertainest

Meaning of tickle

noun The act of tickling.
noun An itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling.
noun A light tap of the ball.

Full definition of tickle

Questions about tickle in a sentence

How do you use tickle in a sentence?: Tickle is used as a noun, verb and adjective. For example: “I have a persistent tickle in my throat.”
What is a short sentence with tickle?: “Don't tickle me – get off!”
What does tickle mean?: Tickle means the act of tickling.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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