tickler

English

Etymology

From tickle +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (General Australian):

  (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.
   • 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.

7. (UK, dated) A prong used by coopers to extract bungs from casks.
8. (dated) A dram of spirits.
9. (slang) Something puzzling; a poser.
10. (Philippines) A small notebook that fits the pocket or pocket notebook.

Synonyms

• (condom): French tickler

Derived terms

Derived terms

• freedom tickler
• French tickler
• gum-tickler
• knee tickler
• pussy tickler
• rib-tickler
• tickler coil
• tickler file

Translations

one that tickles

• Marathi: गुदगुल्या करणारा m (gudgulyā karṇārā), गुदगुल्या करणारे n (gudgulyā karṇāre), गुदगुल्या करणारी f (gudgulyā karṇārī)

reminder — see reminder

type of condom

conundrum — see conundrum

tickler file — see tickler file

cooper's prong

dram — see dram

References

• “tickler”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Tickler file on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• trickle