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verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

tickle the ear

tickle the ear · tickles the ear · tickled the ear · tickling the ear

To flatter someoneTo flatter someone.

Meaning

1 senses

(idiomatic, informal)To flatter someone.

Forms

tickles the ear, tickling the ear, tickled the ear, tickled the ear

Base form	tickle the ear · to tickle the ear
3rd person singular	tickles the ear
Present participle	tickling the ear
Past simple	tickled the ear
Past participle	tickled the ear

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	tickle the ear
he, she, it	tickles the ear

Past simpleLesson

all persons

tickled the ear

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have tickled the ear
he, she, it	has tickled the ear

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will tickle the ear

Synonyms

16 synonyms

flatterC1 sootheB1 strokeB2 jolly lay it on thick puff brush up to collogue flatterize glaver gloze make fair weather palaver preen

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 dictionary

tickleB2 ticklish tidal tidbit tideB1

Dictionary 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.

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