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kittling

kittling is the present participle and gerund of kittle.

kittling is the alternative form of kitling.

Meaning of kittle

Verb (1)

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

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

Verb (2)

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

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

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Meaning of kitling

Noun

kitling (plural kitlings)

  1. (archaic) Any young animal; cub, whelp, kit.
  2. (dialectal) A young cat; kitten.

Forms of kittling

pluralkittlings

Origin of kittling

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about kittling

What is kittling the present participle and gerund of?
Kittling is the present participle and gerund of kittle.

Words near kittling in the dictionary

  1. kittles
  2. Kittleses
  3. Kittleson
  4. Kittlesons
  5. kittlest
  6. kittling
  7. kittlings
  8. kittlish
  9. Kittlitz's murrelet
  10. kittly-benders
  11. Kitto

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kittling (page history and authors); kittle (page history and authors); kitling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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