TICKLISH
\tˈɪklɪʃ], \tˈɪklɪʃ], \t_ˈɪ_k_l_ɪ_ʃ]\
Definitions of TICKLISH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers"; "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"
By Princeton University
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difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers"; "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable.
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Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business.
By Oddity Software
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Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable.
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Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business.
By Noah Webster.
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Sensitive to slight touches; delicate to handle or achieve; as, a ticklish undertaking; risky; doubtful as to outcome.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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