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Definition kittle

Etymology 1

From Middle English kitelen, from Old English citelian (“to tickle”), from Proto-Germanic *kitil?n?, frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *kit?n? (“to tickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *geid- (“to stick, jab, tickle”). Cognate with Dutch kittelen, kietelen (“to tickle”), Low German kettelen, ketelen (“to tickle”), German kitzeln (“to tickle”), Icelandic kitla (“to tickle”), Swedish kittla, kittsla, Danish kildre and perhaps Old Armenian ???- (kic-, “to sting, bite”). Compare tickle.

Verb

kittle (third-person singular simple present kittles, present participle kittling, simple past and past participle kittled)

1. (transitive, Scotland and Northern England) To tickle, to touch lightly.

Adjective

kittle (comparative kittler, superlative kittlest)

1. (Scotland and Northern England) Ticklish.
2. (Scotland and Northern England) Not easily managed

Etymology 2

From Middle English kitelen, from Norwegian kjetla (“to bring forth young”), equivalent to kit +‎ -le.

Verb

kittle (third-person singular simple present kittles, present participle kittling, simple past and past participle kittled)

1. (intransitive, Scotland and Northern England) To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter.

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