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.
was tickling
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past progressiveof tickle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Last time you laughed: Earlier today-I was tickling Hunter and Jordan, my kids.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week Lee was tickling his candlelit keys and twinkling his athletic knees in a wardrobe that even for flesh-fatigued Las Vegas seemed a bit much: red-white-and-blue hot pants.
From Time Magazine Archive
As Thomas followed, he struggled to figure out what was tickling the back of his mind.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
Belet looked up from the black cat she was tickling while I was ogling the room.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
So you see that my friend Manners was tickling death with a straw for Dorothy's sake.
From Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall by Charles Major
