Definition of KITTLE

kittle

Verb

  • To tickle, to touch lightly.
  • To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter.
  • -TLED, -TLING, -TLES to tickle

Adj

  • Ticklish.
  • Not easily managed

Adjective

  • -TLER, -TLEST ticklish

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English kitelen, from Old English citelian (“to tickle”), from Proto-West Germanic *kitilōn, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną, frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *kitōną (“to tickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *geid- (“to stick, jab, tickle”).
Cognate with Dutch kittelen, kietelen (“to tickle”), Low German kettelen, ketelen (“to tickle”), German kitzeln (“to tickle”), Icelandic kitla (“to tickle”), Swedish kittla, kittsla, Danish kilde and perhaps Old Armenian կիծ- (kic-, “to sting, bite”). Compare tickle.

Scrabble Score: 10

kittle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
kittle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
kittle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

kittle is a valid Words With Friends word