tickler

[ tik-ler ]
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noun
  1. a person or thing that tickles.

  1. Accounting. a single-entry account arranged according to the due dates of obligations.

  2. Electronics, Radio. tickler coil.

Origin of tickler

1
First recorded in 1670–80; tickle + -er1

Words Nearby tickler

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How to use tickler in a sentence

  • tickler was a wax-ended piece of cane, worn smooth by contact with my tickled frame.

    Ten Boys from Dickens | Kate Dickinson Sweetser

British Dictionary definitions for tickler

tickler

/ (ˈtɪklə) /


noun
  1. informal, mainly British a difficult or delicate problem

  2. Also called: tickler file US a memorandum book or file

  1. accounting, US a single-entry business journal

  2. a person or thing that tickles

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