tickle the ear

verb

To flatter someone.

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jollylay it on thickpuffbrush up tocollogueflatterflatterizeglaver
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Meanings

verbtickle the ear (third-person singular simple present tickles the ear, present participle tickling the ear, simple past and past participle tickled the ear)

present singular third person tickles the ear · participle present tickling the ear · participle past tickled the ear · past tickled the ear

  1. idiomaticinformalTo flatter someone.

    Synonyms: jolly, lay it on thick, puff, brush up to, collogue, flatter, flatterize, glaver

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo flatter someone.

Similar
jollylay it on thickpuffbrush up tocollogueflatterflatterizeglaverglozejollylay it on thickmake fair weatherpalaverpreenpuffsoothespeak well ofstroke
Also see
blandanderbrush up toflatterflatterizeglaverglozejollylay it on thickmake fair weatherpalaverpreenpuffsoothespeak well of
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APA

tickle the ear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tickle%20the%20ear

MLA

“tickle the ear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tickle%20the%20ear. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tickle the ear,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tickle%20the%20ear.

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