tickle someone's fancy
To amuse, entertain, or appeal to someoneTo amuse, entertain, or appeal to someone; to stimulate someone's imagination in a favorable manner.
» Did anything tickle your fancy?
Hat Ihnen etwas gefallen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Hat euch etwas gefallen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Hat dir etwas gefallen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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1 sensesTo amuse, entertain, or appeal to someone; to stimulate someone's imagination in a favorable manner.
Examples
2 sentencesDid anything tickle your fancy?
deHat Ihnen etwas gefallen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Which one tickles your fancy?
Forms
tickles someone's fancy, tickling someone's fancy, tickled someone's fancy, tickled someone's fancy| Base form | tickle someone's fancy · to tickle someone's fancy |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | tickles someone's fancy |
| Present participle | tickling someone's fancy |
| Past simple | tickled someone's fancy |
| Past participle | tickled someone's fancy |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | tickle someone's fancy |
| he, she, it | tickles someone's fancy |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | tickled someone's fancy |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have tickled someone's fancy |
| he, she, it | has tickled someone's fancy |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will tickle someone's fancy |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.