kittlyadj.

Brit.

/ˈkɪtli/, U.S.

/ˈkɪtli/, Scottish English

/ˈkɪtlɪ/

Etymology: < kittle v.¹ + -y suffix¹; compare Norwegian kitlug , Swedish kitlig , Low German kitlich , German kitzlich . For the sense ‘risky’ in the compound kittly-benders , compare kittle adj.

Scottish and U.S.

a. Easily tickled; susceptible or sensitive to tickling; ticklish; tickly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > sensation of being tickled > [adjective]

tickly1530

tickle1534

ticklish1598

kittly1822

ticklesome1844

goosy1906

1822 J. Galt Steam-boat viii. 155 I was no so kittly as she thought, and could thole her progs and jokes.

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd (1849) v. ii. 199 It made the very soles of my feet kittly to hear it.

b. kittly-benders n. kettle-de-benders n. thin ice which bends under one's weight; the sport of running over this. (U.S. colloquial.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [noun]

swinging1610

shuggie-shue1653

bilboquet1743

kite-flying1804

cup and ball1836

kittly-benders1854

cakewalk1863

mudlarking1888

pogo1921

pogoing1921

yo-yo1932

waterball1950

laugher1973

karaoke1977

bouncy castle1986

paintball1987

bouncing castle1988

paintballing1989

zorbing1996

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > running over thin ice > [noun]

kittly-benders1854

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > instance or cause of

stone-rochec1200

perilc1300

doubta1400

Charybdisc1400

rocka1475

hazard1524

dangera1538

shelve1582

reef1841

kettle-de-benders1872

ankle-breaker1899

danger-spot1905

banana skin1907

1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 353 Let us not play at kittlybenders.

1872 E. E. Hale How to Do It iii. 46 You will, with unfaltering step, move quickly over the kettle-de-benders of this broken essay.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kittly
释义	kittlyadj. Brit. /ˈkɪtli/, U.S. /ˈkɪtli/, Scottish English /ˈkɪtlɪ/ Etymology: < kittle v.¹ + -y suffix¹; compare Norwegian kitlug , Swedish kitlig , Low German kitlich , German kitzlich . For the sense ‘risky’ in the compound kittly-benders , compare kittle adj. Scottish and U.S. a. Easily tickled; susceptible or sensitive to tickling; ticklish; tickly. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > sensation of being tickled > [adjective] tickly1530 tickle1534 ticklish1598 kittly1822 ticklesome1844 goosy1906 1822 J. Galt Steam-boat viii. 155 I was no so kittly as she thought, and could thole her progs and jokes. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd (1849) v. ii. 199 It made the very soles of my feet kittly to hear it. b. kittly-benders n. kettle-de-benders n. thin ice which bends under one's weight; the sport of running over this. (U.S. colloquial.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [noun] swinging1610 shuggie-shue1653 bilboquet1743 kite-flying1804 cup and ball1836 kittly-benders1854 cakewalk1863 mudlarking1888 pogo1921 pogoing1921 yo-yo1932 waterball1950 laugher1973 karaoke1977 bouncy castle1986 paintball1987 bouncing castle1988 paintballing1989 zorbing1996 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > running over thin ice > [noun] kittly-benders1854 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > instance or cause of stone-rochec1200 perilc1300 doubta1400 Charybdisc1400 rocka1475 hazard1524 dangera1538 shelve1582 reef1841 kettle-de-benders1872 ankle-breaker1899 danger-spot1905 banana skin1907 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 353 Let us not play at kittlybenders. 1872 E. E. Hale How to Do It iii. 46 You will, with unfaltering step, move quickly over the kettle-de-benders of this broken essay. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1822
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