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tickler

/ˈtɪkələ(ɹ)/

tickler noun: one who tickles.

Noun

tickler (plural ticklers)

  1. One who tickles.
  2. (informal) A person who or thing which amuses or excites.
  3. A reminder.
    • Put it in the tickler file for next week.
  4. 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
  5. (dated, informal) Something puzzling or difficult; a conundrum.
  6. (US) 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
  7. (UK, dated) A prong used by coopers to extract bungs from casks.
  8. (dated) A dram of spirits.
  9. (slang) Something puzzling; a poser.
  10. (Philippines) 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

pluralticklers

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

  1. ticklegrass
  2. ticklegrasses
  3. ticklenburg
  4. ticklenburgs
  5. tickleness
  6. tickler
  7. tickler coil
  8. tickler coils
  9. tickler file
  10. tickler files
  11. ticklers

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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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