kittling

Variant of kittle

kittle definition

kit·tle (kit′'l)

transitive verb kittled -·tled, kittling -·tling

  1. to tickle
  2. to puzzle

Etymology: LME < kytylle < ON kitla, akin to Ger kitzeln, prob. echoic in orig.

adjective

Scot. hard to deal with; ticklish; skittish

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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