Definitions for ticklish
ˈtɪk lɪʃtick·lish

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. delicate, ticklish, touchyadjective

   difficult to handle; requiring great tact

   "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ticklishadjective

   Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.

   She is ticklish only on her tummy and the bottoms of her feet.

2. ticklishadjective

   Touchy, sensitive, or delicate.

   That is a ticklish problem, so proceed carefully.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ticklishadjective

   Etymology: from tickle.

   1. Sensible to titillation; easily tickled.

   The palm of the hand, though it hath as thin a skin as the other parts, yet is not ticklish, because it is accustomed to be touched. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. №. 766.

   2. Tottering; uncertain; unfixed.

   Ireland was a ticklish and unsettled state, more easy to receive distempers and mutations than England was. Francis Bacon.

   Did it stand upon so ticklish and tottering a foundation as some mens fancy hath placed it, it would be no wonder should it frequently vary. John Woodward, Nat. Hist. p. i.

   3. Difficult; nice.

   How shall our author hope a gentle fate,
   Who dares most impudently not translate;
   It had been civil in these ticklish times,
   To fetch his fools and knaves from foreign climes. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ticklish

   Tickling is the act of touching a part of a body in a way that causes involuntary twitching movements or laughter. The word "tickle" evolved from the Middle English tikelen, perhaps frequentative of ticken, to touch lightly.In 1897, psychologists G. Stanley Hall and Arthur Allin described a "tickle" as two different types of phenomena. One type is caused by very light movement across the skin. This type of tickle, called a knismesis, generally does not produce laughter and is sometimes accompanied by an itching sensation.

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1. ticklish

   Ticklish refers to the state or condition of being easily or excessively affected by a tickling sensation, often resulting in involuntary laughter or twitching. It can also refer to a situation that requires careful handling due to its delicacy or potential to cause discomfort or harm if not dealt with appropriately.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ticklishadjective

   sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish

2. Ticklishadjective

   standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable

3. Ticklishadjective

   difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business

How to pronounce ticklish?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ticklish in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ticklish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of ticklish in a Sentence

1. Bob Iger:

   It must have been ticklish on Disney’s part that it wasn’t noticed initially.

2. Michael Collins:

   At that time, NASA was considering bringing two spacecraft together in space as the most ticklish part perhaps of the lunar profile, and here was this guy who had a Ph.D. in exactly that, so he was very, very well qualified.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ticklish
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ticklish
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ticklish
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticklish
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ticklish