"tickle the ear" meaning in All languages combined

See tickle the ear on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: tickles the ear [present, singular, third-person], tickling the ear [participle, present], tickled the ear [participle, past], tickled the ear [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tickle the ear (third-person singular simple present tickles the ear, present participle tickling the ear, simple past and past participle tickled the ear)
  1. (informal, idiomatic) To flatter someone. Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-tickle_the_ear-en-verb-~gj-WdSr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tickled the ear",
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      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To flatter someone."
      ],
      "id": "en-tickle_the_ear-en-verb-~gj-WdSr",
      "links": [
        [
          "flatter",
          "flatter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, idiomatic) To flatter someone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tickle the ear"
}

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      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tickled the ear",
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    },
    {
      "form": "tickled the ear",
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        "To flatter someone."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, idiomatic) To flatter someone."
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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