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Definition of "kittle" []
- Touchy; unpredictable. (adjective)
- To tickle; arouse. (verb-transitive)
- To puzzle; perplex. (verb-transitive)
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Use "kittle" in a sentence
- "Behind her was a big bundle of extra clothing, and food, and an iron pot -- or, as she called it, a "kittle" -- for cooking their noonday meals."
- ""Th 'kittle's biled ef you is ready," she announced."
- "The springs creaked, chirpings arose from various parts of the car as it ran, but he coaxed the engine, performed miracles at bad places in the road, nursed the insufficient radiator surface and kept the "kittle" at a simmer."