tickling the ivories
tickling the ivories is the present participle and gerund 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)
- 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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- Tickling the ivories is the present participle and gerund of tickle the ivories.
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