kittle
kittle · kittles · kittled · kittling
To tickle, to touch lightlyTo tickle, to touch lightly.
US/kˈɪtəl/
Meaning
2 senses(Northern England, Scotland, transitive)To tickle, to touch lightly.
(Northern England, Scotland, intransitive)To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter.
Origin
From Middle English kitelen, from Old English citelian (“to tickle”), from Proto-West GermFrom Middle English kitelen, from Old English citelian (“to tickle”), from Proto-West Germanic *kitilōn, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną, frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *kitōną (“to tickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *geyd- (“to stick, jab, tickle”).
From Middle English kitelen, from Old Norse kjetla (“to bring forth young”), equivalent to kit + -le.
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Forms
kittles, kittling, kittled, kittledWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle