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3 VERB If a fact or a situation tickles you, it amuses you or gives you pleasure. □ [V n to-inf] It tickles me to see him riled. □ [V n] The story was really funny–it tickled me. ●  tick|led ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] □  They all sounded just as tickled.

tick|lish /t I kəl I ʃ/

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A ticklish problem, situation, or task is difficult and needs to be dealt with carefully. □  So car makers are faced with the ticklish problem of how to project products at new buyers.

2 ADJ Someone who is ticklish is sensitive to being tickled, and laughs as soon as you tickle them. □  This massage method is not recommended for anyone who is very ticklish.

tid|al /ta I d ^ə l/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Tidal means relating to or produced by tides. □  The tidal stream or current gradually decreases in the shallows.

ti d|al wave (tidal waves )

1 N‑COUNT A tidal wave is a very large wave, often caused by an earthquake, that flows onto the land and destroys things. □  …a massive tidal wave swept the ship up and away.

2 N‑COUNT [usu sing] If you describe a very large number of emotions, things, or people as a tidal wave , you mean that they all occur at the same time. □ [+ of ] The trade union movement was swept along by a tidal wave of patriotism.

tid|bit /t I db I t/ → see titbit

tid|dler /t I dlə ^r / (tiddlers )

1 N‑COUNT A tiddler is a very small fish of any kind. [BRIT , INFORMAL ]

2 N‑COUNT If you refer to a person or thing as a tiddler , you mean that they are very unimportant or small, especially when compared to other people or things of the same type. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □  On a world scale, the earthquake was a tiddler.

tid|dly /t I dəli/

1 ADJ If someone is tiddly , they are slightly drunk. [BRIT , INFORMAL ]

2 ADJ If you describe a thing as tiddly , you mean that it is very small. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □  …a tiddly picture.

tiddly|wink /t I dəliw I ŋk/ (tiddlywinks )

1 N‑UNCOUNT Tiddlywinks is a game in which the players try to make small round pieces of plastic jump into a container, by pressing their edges with a larger piece of plastic.

2 N‑COUNT Tiddlywinks are the small round piece of plastic used in the game of tiddlywinks.

tide ◆◇◇ /ta I d/ (tides , tiding , tided )

1 N‑COUNT The tide is the regular change in the level of the sea on the shore. □  The tide was at its highest. □  The tide was going out, and the sand was smooth and glittering.

2 N‑COUNT A tide is a current in the sea that is caused by the regular and continuous movement of large areas of water towards and away from the shore. □  Roman vessels used to sail with the tide from Boulogne to Richborough.

3 N‑SING The tide of opinion, for example, is what the majority of people think at a particular time. □ [+ of ] The tide of opinion seems overwhelmingly in his favour.

4 N‑SING People sometimes refer to events or forces that are difficult or impossible to control as the tide of history, for example. □ [+ of ] They talked of reversing the tide of history.

5 N‑SING You can talk about a tide of something, especially something which is unpleasant, when there is a large and increasing amount of it. □ [+ of ] …an ever increasing tide of crime.

6 → see also high tide , low tide

▸  tide over PHRASAL VERB If you do something for someone to tide them over , you help them through a period when they are having difficulties, especially by lending them money. □ [V n P ] He wanted money to tide him over. □ [V P n] The banks were prepared to put up 50 million euros to tide over the company. SYNONYMS tide NOUN 2

current:The couple were swept away by the strong current.

flow:It works only in the veins, where the blood flow is slower.