tickler

English edit

tickle +‎ -er

tickler (plural ticklers)

One who tickles.
(informal) A person who or thing which amuses or excites.
A reminder.
Put it in the tickler file for next week.
A latex condom that has additional protrusions, for enhancing the sexual pleasure of the user.
(informal, dated) Something puzzling or difficult; a conundrum.
(US, business) A tickler file, file cabinet, or similar containing memoranda of deadlines arranged in date order.
- 1862, The Parish Will Case, in the Court of Appeals:
  The moment she bought any item of stocks, any commercial paper or other securities in the course of her Wall-street operations, she at once wrote it down in the tickler.
(UK, dated) A prong used by coopers to extract bungs from casks.
(dated) A dram of spirits.
(slang) Something puzzling; a poser.

Derived terms

one that tickles

reminder — see reminder

type of condom

conundrum — see conundrum

tickler file — see tickler file

cooper's prong

dram — see dram