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) adjcapricious and unpredictable
vb1. 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: kittled
Gerund: kittling
| 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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