tickler

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English

Etymology

From tickle +‎ -er.

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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.

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