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tickling the wire

tickling the wire is the present 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 tickling the wire

What is tickling the wire the present participle of?
Tickling the wire is the present participle of tickle the wire.

Words near tickling the wire in the dictionary

  1. tickling someone's pickle
  2. tickling the dragon's tail
  3. tickling the ear
  4. tickling the ivories
  5. tickling the ivory
  6. tickling the wire
  7. ticklingly
  8. ticklings
  9. ticklish
  10. ticklishly
  11. ticklishness

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