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tickles the ivories

tickles the ivories is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tickle the ivories.

Meaning of tickle the ivories

Verb

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

  1. (informal, intransitive) To play a piano or other keyboard instrument.
    • […] Charles Jarvis, the Philadelphia pianist, […] tickled the ivories with old time unction and gave some of the audience the impression that Philadelphia was really a musical city.1890 December 13, Hans Slack, “Real Music in Baltimore”, in Marc A. Blumenberg, Otto Floersheim, editors, Musical Courier: A Weekly Journal, volume XXI, number 25, New York, N.Y.: Blumenberg &...

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What is tickles the ivories the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tickles the ivories is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tickle the ivories.

Words near tickles the ivories in the dictionary

  1. tickles someone's fancy
  2. tickles someone's funny bone
  3. tickles someone's pickle
  4. tickles the dragon's tail
  5. tickles the ear
  6. tickles the ivories
  7. tickles the ivory
  8. tickles the wire
  9. ticklesome
  10. ticklesomeness
  11. tickless

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