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chatouilleux, -euse [∫atujø, øz]adjectiveticklish ; ( = susceptible) touchy* * *- euse ʃatujø, øz adjectif1) ( sensible aux chatouilles) ticklish2) ( susceptible) [personne] touchy ( sur about)* * *ʃatujø, øz adj (-euse)ticklish, fig touchy, over-sensitive* * *chatouilleux, - euse adj1 ( sensible aux chatouilles) ticklish; être chatouilleux des pieds to have ticklish feet;2 ( susceptible) [personne] touchy (sur about); il est très chatouilleux sur l'honneur he's very touchy about points of honourGB.( féminin chatouilleuse) [ʃatujø, øz] adjectif1. [physiquement] ticklish -
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chatouille (inf) [∫atuj]feminine noun• craindre les chatouilles or la chatouille to be ticklish* * *(colloq) ʃatuj nom féminin tickle [U]* * *chatouille nf tickle ¢; faire des chatouilles à qn to tickle sb; craindre les chatouilles to be ticklish.[ʃatuj] nom féminin -
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n. f. Tickle, tickling. Il craint les chatouilles: He's as ticklish as hell. -
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delicate, dodgy, fine, tactful, ticklish
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Ticklish — Tic klish, a. 1. Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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ticklish — (adj.) easily tickled, 1590s, from TICKLE (Cf. tickle) + ISH (Cf. ish). Literal sense is later than the fig. sense (1580s); an earlier word for this was tickly (1520s). Related: Ticklishly; ticklishness … Etymology dictionary
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ticklish — [[t]tɪ̱kəlɪʃ[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A ticklish problem, situation, or task is difficult and needs to be dealt with carefully. Policy makers are considering the ticklish question of the future of the European Community. Syn: delicate 2) ADJ … English dictionary
ticklish — adjective Date: 1581 1. a. touchy, oversensitive < ticklish about his baldness > b. easily overturned < a canoe is a ticklish craft > 2. requiring delicate handling < a ticklish subject > 3. sensitive to tickling • ticklishly … New Collegiate Dictionary