Meanings
plural ticklers
- One who tickles.
- informalA person who or thing which amuses or excites.
- A reminder.
Put it in the tickler file for next week.
- A latex condom that has additional protrusions, for enhancing the sexual pleasure of the user.
I could tell in advance if they were screamers, or leatherettes, or buggers, or great head-givers, or into toys and ticklers – I had it down to an art.
2005, Tom Horn, chapter 2, in The Devil and George Bailey, [s.l.]: RSE, published 2011, →ISBN, part III (Fire), page 827Synonyms: French tickler
- USbusinessA tickler file, file cabinet, or similar containing memoranda of deadlines arranged in date order.
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.
1862, The Parish Will Case, in the Court of Appeals - slangSomething puzzling; a poser.
- PhilippinesA small notebook that fits the pocket or pocket notebook.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA latex condom that has additional protrusions, for enhancing the sexual pleasure of the user.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna file of memoranda or notices that remind of things to be done
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