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tickle the ear

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables
tick-le the ear
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To flatter someone.

Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

tickles the ear (present, singular) tickling the ear (participle, present) tickled the ear (participle, past) tickled the ear (past)

Synonyms

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

Questions

What does tickle the ear mean?
To flatter someone.

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