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tickles the wire

tickles the wire is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 tickles the wire

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

Words near tickles the wire in the dictionary

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

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