tickle someone's funny bone
To amuse someone.
I thought this comic book might be just the sort of thing that would tickle your funny bone.
tickle
/ˈtɪkl̩/
verb 5noun 4adj 1adv 1name 1
Collocations
3(noun.)
ADJ
little
VERB + TICKLE
give sb/sth
feel, get, have
She got a tickle in her throat during the important meeting.
Definitions
noun
1
The act of tickling.
2
An itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling.
I have a persistent tickle in my throat.
3
A light tap of the ball.
There's a very fine line between a tickle and an edge!
4
A narrow strait, such as between an island and the shore.
Charts and Plans. [...] No. New Charts. 2253 England, and south coast—Dartmouth harbour. [...] 3320 Newfoundland, Thimble tickles and Glover harbour—Head of Seal bay.
Cow Head itself is a prominent headland connected to the settlement by a natural causeway, or ‘tickle’ as the Newfoundlanders prefer it.
verb
1
To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.
He tickled Nancy's tummy, and she started to giggle.
If you tickle us, do we not laugh?
2
To feel as if the body part in question is being tickled.
My nose tickles, and I'm going to sneeze!
3
To appeal to someone's taste, curiosity etc.
4
To cause delight or amusement in.
He was tickled to receive such a wonderful gift.
Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
5
To feel titillation.
He with secret joy therefore Did tickle inwardly in every vein.
adj
1
Changeable, capricious; insecure.
So ticle be the termes of mortall state, And full of subtile sophismes, which do play With double senses, and with false debate […]
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
slap and tickle
Mild or playful kissing, cuddling, and other amorous play.
tickle pink
To thoroughly delight or amuse; to elate.
It tickles me pink that they chose me for the award.
tickle the dragon's tail
To do something that has a risk of going catastrophically wrong.
Climbing so close to an erupting volcano was tickling the dragon's tail.
tickle someone's pickle
To amuse or astonish someone.
Well, tickle my pickle and call me Uncle.
Example Bank
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I have a persistent tickle in my throat.
Wiktionary02
There's a very fine line between a tickle and an edge!
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Charts and Plans. [...] No. New Charts. 2253 England, and south coast—Dartmouth harbour. [...] 3320 Newfoundland, Thimble tickles and Glover harbour—Head of Seal bay.
Wiktionary04
He tickled Nancy's tummy, and she started to giggle.
Wiktionary05
If you tickle us, do we not laugh?
Wiktionary06
My nose tickles, and I'm going to sneeze!
WiktionaryUsage Notes
i Register
In some senses, tickle is marked as informal, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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