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tickle the ear

tickle the ear verb: to flatter someone.

Verb

tickle the ear (third-person singular simple present tickles the ear, present participle tickling the ear, simple past and past participle tickled the ear)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To flatter someone.

Synonyms of tickle the ear

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Forms of tickle the ear

third-person singular presenttickles the ear
present participletickling the ear
past participletickled the ear
pasttickled the ear

Questions about tickle the ear

What does tickle the ear mean?
Tickle the ear means to flatter someone.
What part of speech is tickle the ear?
Tickle the ear is a verb.
What is the past tense of tickle the ear?
The past tense of tickle the ear is tickled the ear.

Words near tickle the ear in the dictionary

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

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