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tickle someone's funny bone

tickle someone's funny bone verb: to amuse someone.

Verb

tickle someone's funny bone (third-person singular simple present tickles someone's funny bone, present participle tickling someone's funny bone, simple past and past participle tickled someone's funny bone)

  1. (idiomatic) To amuse someone.
    • I thought this comic book might be just the sort of thing that would tickle your funny bone.
    • ANNOUNCER (on TV): “If you're a Parrothead, try Jimmy Buffet's Key West Saloon, located downstairs in the lobby. From World-renown chef Gordon Fukayami come Roppongi, a bistro house with a South Asian flair. And if you're looking to get your funny bone tickled, don't miss Rita Rudner's hilarious...2013 October 6, Matt McKenna, “Poltergasm” (4:21 from the start), in American Dad!, season 10, episode 2, spoken by Announcer

Forms of tickle someone's funny bone

third-person singular presenttickles someone's funny bone
present participletickling someone's funny bone
past participletickled someone's funny bone
pasttickled someone's funny bone

Questions about tickle someone's funny bone

What does tickle someone's funny bone mean?
Tickle someone's funny bone means to amuse someone.
What part of speech is tickle someone's funny bone?
Tickle someone's funny bone is a verb.
What is the past tense of tickle someone's funny bone?
The past tense of tickle someone's funny bone is tickled someone's funny bone.

Words near tickle someone's funny bone in the dictionary

  1. tickings
  2. tickings-off
  3. tickle
  4. tickle pink
  5. tickle someone's fancy
  6. tickle someone's funny bone
  7. tickle someone's pickle
  8. tickle the dragon's tail
  9. tickle the ear
  10. tickle the ivories
  11. tickle the ivory

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