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ticklish

[ tik-lish ]

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.


ticklish

/ ˈɪɪʃ /

adjective

  1. susceptible and sensitive to being tickled
  2. delicate or difficult

    a ticklish situation

  3. easily upset or offended
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈپԱ, noun
  • ˈپ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • پl· adverb
  • پl·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ticklish1

First recorded in 1575–85; tickle + -ish 1
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How England get him to that point is ticklish.

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If he can’t bowl at all, then England have the ticklish decision of whether to drop a batter or bowler.

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The decision on how to handle Anderson is ticklish for England.

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And it could eventually lead to profound changes throughout corporate America, even as it eases some ticklish problems for the big index fund companies.

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When Jack Leach is fit, England have a ticklish selection decision, unless they make good on Brendon McCullum's threat to play all four at the same time.

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