tickle someone's funny bone

verb

To amuse someone.

“I thought this comic book might be just the sort of thing that would tickle your funny bone.”

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Meanings

verbtickle someone's funny bone (third-person singular simple present tickles someone's funny bone, present participle tickling someone's funny bone, simple past and past participle tickled someone's funny bone)

present singular third person tickles someone's funny bone · participle present tickling someone's funny bone · participle past tickled someone's funny bone · past tickled someone's funny bone

  1. idiomaticTo amuse someone.

    I thought this comic book might be just the sort of thing that would tickle your funny bone.

    1 more example

    ANNOUNCER (on TV): “If you're a Parrothead, try Jimmy Buffet's Key West Saloon, located downstairs in the lobby. From World-renown chef Gordon Fukayami come Roppongi, a bistro house with a South Asian flair. And if you're looking to get your funny bone tickled, don't miss Rita Rudner's hilarious live stand-up show.”

    2013 October 6, Matt McKenna, “Poltergasm” (4:21 from the start), in American Dad!, season 10, episode 2, spoken by Announcer

Translations

Finnish kutittaa jonkun nauruhermoja
  • kutittaa jonkun nauruhermojato amuse
Polish zabawiać, zabawić
  • zabawiaćto amuse
  • zabawićto amuse
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Chicago

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