tickle
verb (used with object)
to touch or stroke lightly with the fingers, a feather, etc., so as to excite a tingling or itching sensation in; titillate.
has been tickling
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present perfect progressiveof tickle (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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But this is a different sort of club. has been tickling children aged between six and 11 - plus mums and dads - at the Edinburgh Fringe for seven years.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2013
If the word “prion” has been tickling the back of your brain until now, that’s probably because of the outbreak of mad-cow disease in the United Kingdom in the 1990s.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2012
I know it won't do any particular good just now; but, once for all, it must be said: it has been tickling my throat too long, and I'm going to get it out of me.
From Black Forest Village Stories by Berthold Auerbach
I had clean forgotten it, though something uncomfortable has been tickling the back of my head all the time.
From Simon the Jester by William John Locke
The idea of you as a duenna and of Wyvis as a heavy father has been tickling me ever since yesterday, and I shall have to have it out sooner or later.
From A True Friend A Novel by Adeline Sergeant
