Used in a Sentence

tickled

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tickled.

Editorial note

His sentence is execution, disembowelment, being kicked off the internet, and being tickled with many soft feathers.

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Quick take

(slang) Very pleased; delighted.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

(slang) Very pleased; delighted.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tickled.

adjective

(slang) Very pleased; delighted.

Example sentences

1

His sentence is execution, disembowelment, being kicked off the internet, and being tickled with many soft feathers.

2

Parsing bugs is one category of tickled bugs, another is correctly encoded values that confuse the deeper logic layers.

3

I'd be curious to know if systemd is tickled by this one weird trick to crash your server.

4

Something about them tickled a compulsive, pattern-recognition part of my brain, linked to delight.

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I was tickled by the fact that you mentioned it, so I do respect that you know your strengths.

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I was especially tickled near the end of the article where they described discussions on changing the overtime rules.

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I had no interest in doing any of this, but the fact that it existed tickled some sort of appeal.

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As a Peruvian I'm tickled by this since our cuisine is known for importing from others.

9

It definitely tickled some of the same parts of my curiosity.

10

You've tickled on the problem but not quite nailed it.

11

The part that tickled his (her?) trigger warning, of course.

12

I'm sure everyone knows this but I'm new to Android and just tickled.

Quote examples

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I too have found that many people like to have their "ears tickled".

2

Likewise, I see people absolutely tickled that they can do "find_by_id(123)" without codegen vs "find_by("id", 123)".

3

I dunno...maybe it just tickled my "one of these things is not like the other" sense since the list wasn't all slang terms but rather more accepted labels with a single street/slang name.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tickled in a sentence?

His sentence is execution, disembowelment, being kicked off the internet, and being tickled with many soft feathers.

What does tickled mean?

(slang) Very pleased; delighted.

What part of speech is tickled?

tickled is commonly used as adjective.