Definition for TICK'LE

TICK'LE, a.

Tottering; wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the slightest touch; unstable; easily overthrown. Thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders, that a milkmaid, if in love, may sigh it off. Shak. The state of Normandy / Stands on a tickle point. Shak. [This word is wholly obsolete, at least in New England. Ticklish is the word used.]

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