Tickler
noun
1.
a person or thing that tickles.
2.
tickler file.
3.
Accounting. a single-entry account arranged according to the due dates of obligations.
4.
Electronics, Radio. tickler coil.
noun
1.
(informal, mainly Brit) a difficult or delicate problem
2.
(US) Also called tickler file. a memorandum book or file
3.
(accounting, US) a single-entry business journal
4.
a person or thing that tickles
tickled
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- Tickler-coil
noun, Electronics, Radio. 1. the coil by which the plate circuit of a vacuum tube is inductively coupled with the grid circuit in the process of regeneration. tickler coil noun 1. a small inductance coil connected in series in the anode circuit of a valve and magnetically coupled to a coil in the grid circuit […]
- Tickler-file
noun 1. a file consisting of memoranda, notices, electronic signals, or the like that serves to remind the user of matters that must be attended to.
- Tickle the ivories
tickled to death tickle the ivories Play the piano, as in He went on tickling the ivories until three in the morning. This expression alludes to a piano’s keys, traditionally made of ivory. [ ; first half of 1900s ]
- Ticklish
adjective 1. sensitive to tickling. 2. requiring careful or delicate handling or action; difficult or risky; dicey: a ticklish situation. 3. extremely sensitive; touchy: He is ticklish about being interrupted. 4. unstable or easily upset, as a boat; unsteady. adjective 1. susceptible and sensitive to being tickled 2. delicate or difficult: a ticklish situation 3. […]
- Tickly
adjective, ticklier, tickliest. 1. ticklish.