kittle
(redirected from kittles)kit·tle
(kĭt′l) Scotsadj.
Touchy; unpredictable.
tr.v. kit·tled, kit·tling, kit·tles
1. To tickle; arouse.
2. To puzzle; perplex.
[From Middle English kitillen, to tickle, probably from Old English *citelian or from Old Norse kitla.]
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kittle
(ˈkɪtəl)adj
capricious and unpredictable
vb
1. to be troublesome or puzzling to (someone)
2. to tickle
[C16: probably from Old Norse kitla to tickle]
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kit•tle
(ˈkɪt l)v. -tled, -tling. Chiefly Scot.
to tickle.
[1475–85; earlier kytylle, ketil]
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Past participle: kittled
Gerund: kittling
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