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tickly

/ˈtɪkli/ adjective

Categories: Obscure Words

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about tickly at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Having an itchy sensation like that of being tickled.
  2. Producing an itchy sensation like that of being tickled.
    a tickly woollen blanket
  3. Ticklish.

Origin

From tickle + -y.

From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)

Related Words: ticklishticklesomeitchytinglypricklesomeitchlikescratchytinglesomevellicatingpinchyitchsometiclike

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