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tickled the wire

tickled the wire is the simple past and past participle of tickle the wire.

Meaning of tickle the wire

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To create a situation that will encourage the target of a criminal probe to speak and divulge information on a wiretapped telephone.

Questions about tickled the wire

What is tickled the wire the simple past and past participle of?
Tickled the wire is the simple past and past participle of tickle the wire.

Words near tickled the wire in the dictionary

  1. tickled someone's pickle
  2. tickled the dragon's tail
  3. tickled the ear
  4. tickled the ivories
  5. tickled the ivory
  6. tickled the wire
  7. ticklee
  8. ticklees
  9. ticklegrass
  10. ticklegrasses
  11. ticklenburg

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