tickle
tick·le
tickle · more tickle · most tickle
Insecurely, precariously, unstablyInsecurely, precariously, unstably.
/ˈtɪkl̩/
Meaning
1 sensesInsecurely, precariously, unstably.
Examples
104 sentencesOrigin
From Middle English tiklen, tikelen, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a frequentative forFrom Middle English tiklen, tikelen, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a frequentative form of Middle English tikken (“to touch lightly”), thus equivalent to tick + -le; or perhaps related to Old English tinclian (“to tickle”). Compare North Frisian tigele (“to tickle”) (Hallig dialect), and tiikle (“to tickle”) (Amrum dialect), German dialectal zicklen (“to excite; stir up”).
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Forms
more tickle, most tickle| Comparative | more tickle Lesson |
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| Superlative | most tickle |
regular
Word family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form