tickler
/ˈtɪkələ(ɹ)/
tickler noun: one who tickles.
Noun
tickler (plural ticklers)
- One who tickles.
- A person who or thing which amuses or excites.
- A reminder.
- Put it in the tickler file for next week.
- A latex condom that has additional protrusions, for enhancing the sexual pleasure of the user.
- I could tell in advance if they were screamers, or leatherettes, or buggers, or great head-givers, or into toys and ticklers – I had it down to an art.2005, Tom Horn, chapter 2, in The Devil and George Bailey, [s.l.]: RSE, published 2011, →ISBN, part III (Fire), page 827
- Synonyms:
- French tickler
- Something puzzling or difficult; a conundrum.
- A tickler file, file cabinet, or similar containing memoranda of deadlines arranged in date order.
- The moment she bought any item of stocks, any commercial paper or other securities in the course of her Wall-street operations, she at once wrote it down in the tickler.1862, The Parish Will Case, in the Court of Appeals
- A prong used by coopers to extract bungs from casks.
- A dram of spirits.
- Something puzzling; a poser.
- A small notebook that fits the pocket or pocket notebook.
tickler meaning in Tamil and Marathi
tickler in Tamil
- பகடிக்காரன்
tickler in Marathi
- one that tickles
- गुदगुल्या करणारा gudgulyā karṇārā, गुदगुल्या करणारे gudgulyā karṇāre, गुदगुल्या करणारी gudgulyā karṇārī
Synonyms of tickler
Forms of tickler
| plural | ticklers |
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Origin of tickler
From tickle + -er.
Words formed from tickler
Phrases with tickler
Questions about tickler
- What does tickler mean?
- Tickler means one who tickles.
- What is tickler in Tamil?
- Tickler in Tamil is பகடிக்காரன். See Tickler meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tickler?
- Tickler is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tickler?
- Tickler is pronounced /ˈtɪkələ(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of tickler?
- The plural of tickler is ticklers.
Words near tickler in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tickler (page history and authors); tickler (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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