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tickling someone's funny bone

tickling someone's funny bone is the present participle and gerund of tickle someone's funny bone.

Meaning of tickle someone's funny bone

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.

Questions about tickling someone's funny bone

What is tickling someone's funny bone the present participle and gerund of?
Tickling someone's funny bone is the present participle and gerund of tickle someone's funny bone.

Words near tickling someone's funny bone in the dictionary

  1. tickliest
  2. tickliness
  3. tickling
  4. tickling pink
  5. tickling someone's fancy
  6. tickling someone's funny bone
  7. tickling someone's pickle
  8. tickling the dragon's tail
  9. tickling the ear
  10. tickling the ivories
  11. tickling the ivory

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