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tickleass

tickleass noun: a bird, the black-legged kittiwake.

Noun

tickleass (plural tickleasses)

  1. (Newfoundland) A bird, the black-legged kittiwake.
    • She went flying across Central Newfoundland like a goosed tickleass.1989, Ed Smith, Not a Word of a Lie, page 118
    • More likely, it was the prospect of meat. Curwen was by now craving a juicy roast – 'even seal chop' – and was always loosing off at tickleasses and harps.2006, John Gimlette, Theatre of Fish: Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador, page 225

Forms of tickleass

pluraltickleasses
alternative formtickleace

Origin of tickleass

Perhaps imitative, as with the broader name kittiwake.

Questions about tickleass

What does tickleass mean?
Tickleass means a bird, the black-legged kittiwake.
What part of speech is tickleass?
Tickleass is a noun.
What is the plural of tickleass?
The plural of tickleass is tickleasses.

Words near tickleass in the dictionary

  1. tickle the sausage
  2. tickle the wire
  3. tickle-footed
  4. tickleace
  5. tickleaces
  6. tickleass
  7. tickleasses
  8. ticklebrain
  9. tickled
  10. tickled pink
  11. tickled someone's fancy

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