Definitions for kittle

kittle kit·tle

Spelling: [kit-l]
IPA: /ˈkɪt l/

Kittle is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 57 anagrams from letters in kittle (eikltt).

Definitions for kittle

adjective

  1. ticklish; fidgety.
  2. requiring skill or caution; precarious.

verb (used with object)

  1. to tickle with the fingers; agitate or stir, as with a spoon.
  2. to excite or rouse (a person), especially by flattery or strong words.

Origin of kittle

1475-85; earlier kytylle, ketil (compare Middle English kitellinge (gerund), late Old English kitelung); cognate with Middle High German kützeln; akin to Old Norse kitla, German kitzeln to ti

Examples for kittle

And says he, 'This beats the kittle Creek babtizin' all to pieces.'

kittle, in the phrase "kittle cattle," is identical with tickle; cf. Ger.

"Eh, but women are kittle cattle to drive," said poor Dick ruefully.

But that kittle, as you call it, 'll sure bu'st its cinches with we-all ridin' it.

But theres no telling about girls; kittle cattle, you know, eh?

He's green when you put him in the kittle, and when you take him out, he's red.

I always said his honour would get into trouble with a kittle girl like that.

Prince-Bishops were kittle cattle, an amorphous kind of creature.

But it's a kittle thing to decide what folk'll bear, and what they will not.

Married couples, when they quarrel, are kittle cattle to shoe behind.

Word Value for kittle
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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