kit·tle (kĭt′l) Scots adj. Touchy; unpredictable.
tr.v. kit·tled ,
kit·tling ,
kit·tles 1. To tickle; arouse.
2. To puzzle; perplex.
[From Middle English kitillen , to tickle , probably from Old English *citelian or from Old Norse kitla .]
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kittle (ˈkɪtəl ) adj capricious and unpredictable
vb 1. to be troublesome or puzzling to (someone)
2. to tickle
[C16: probably from Old Norse kitla to tickle]
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kit•tle (ˈkɪt l) v. -tled, -tling. Chiefly Scot. to tickle.
[1475–85; earlier kytylle, ketil ]
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kittle Past participle: kittledGerund: kittlingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Present I kittle you kittle he/she/it kittles we kittle you kittle they kittle
Preterite I kittled you kittled he/she/it kittled we kittled you kittled they kittled
Present Continuous I am kittling you are kittling he/she/it is kittling we are kittling you are kittling they are kittling
Present Perfect I have kittled you have kittled he/she/it has kittled we have kittled you have kittled they have kittled
Past Continuous I was kittling you were kittling he/she/it was kittling we were kittling you were kittling they were kittling
Past Perfect I had kittled you had kittled he/she/it had kittled we had kittled you had kittled they had kittled
Future I will kittle you will kittle he/she/it will kittle we will kittle you will kittle they will kittle
Future Perfect I will have kittled you will have kittled he/she/it will have kittled we will have kittled you will have kittled they will have kittled
Future Continuous I will be kittling you will be kittling he/she/it will be kittling we will be kittling you will be kittling they will be kittling
Present Perfect Continuous I have been kittling you have been kittling he/she/it has been kittling we have been kittling you have been kittling they have been kittling
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been kittling you will have been kittling he/she/it will have been kittling we will have been kittling you will have been kittling they will have been kittling
Past Perfect Continuous I had been kittling you had been kittling he/she/it had been kittling we had been kittling you had been kittling they had been kittling
Conditional I would kittle you would kittle he/she/it would kittle we would kittle you would kittle they would kittle
Past Conditional I would have kittled you would have kittled he/she/it would have kittled we would have kittled you would have kittled they would have kittled
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