tickler

English

Etymology

tickle +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪkələ(ɹ)/, /ˈtɪklə(ɹ)/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

Noun

tickler (plural ticklers)

1. One who tickles.
2. (informal) A person who or thing which amuses or excites.
3. A reminder.

   Put it in the tickler file for next week.

4. A latex condom that has additional protrusions, for enhancing the sexual pleasure of the user.
5. (informal, dated) Something puzzling or difficult; a conundrum.
6. (US, business) A tickler file, file cabinet, or similar containing memoranda of deadlines arranged in date order.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bartlett to this entry?)

7. (Britain, dated) A prong used by coopers to extract bungs from casks.
8. (dated) A dram of spirits.

Synonyms

• (condom): French tickler

Derived terms

Derived terms

• French tickler
• knee tickler
• rib-tickler

• tickler coil
• tickler file

Translations

one that tickles

reminder — see reminder

type of condom

conundrum — see conundrum

tickler file — see tickler file

cooper's prong

dram — see dram

References

• tickler at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Tickler file on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• trickle