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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]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

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

Imperative
kittle
kittle
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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