different between kittle vs skittle

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English kitelen, from Old English citelian (“to tickle”), from Proto-West Germanic *kitil?n, from Proto-Germanic *kitil?n?, frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *kit?n? (“to tickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *geid- (“to stick, jab, tickle”). Cognate with Dutch kittelen, kietelen (“to tickle”), Low German kettelen, ketelen (“to tickle”), German kitzeln (“to tickle”), Icelandic kitla (“to tickle”), Swedish kittla, kittsla, Danish kilde and perhaps Old Armenian ???- (kic-, “to sting, bite”). Compare tickle.

Alternative forms

• kittel

Verb

kittle (third-person singular simple present kittles, present participle kittling, simple past and past participle kittled)

1. (transitive, Scotland and Northern England) To tickle, to touch lightly.

Adjective

kittle (comparative kittler, superlative kittlest)

1. (Scotland and Northern England) Ticklish.
2. (Scotland and Northern England) Not easily managed

   Synonyms: troublesome, difficult, variable

Etymology 2

From Middle English kitelen, from Old Norse kjetla (“to bring forth young”), equivalent to kit +? -le.

Verb

kittle (third-person singular simple present kittles, present participle kittling, simple past and past participle kittled)

1. (intransitive, Scotland and Northern England) To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter.

References

• kittle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [1]
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[2]

Anagrams

• Kittel

English

Etymology

Origin unknown. Perhaps of North Germanic origin (compare Old Norse skutill (“bolt, harpoon”), Danish skyttel (“shuttle, child's toy”)). Compare also Old English s?ytel (“a dart, bolt”). More at shuttle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk?t?l/
• Rhymes: -?t?l

Noun

skittle (plural skittles)

1. One of the wooden targets used in skittles.

Verb

skittle (third-person singular simple present skittles, present participle skittling, simple past and past participle skittled)

1. (intransitive) To play skittles.
2. (transitive) To beat comprehensively.
3. (transitive) To knock down.

See also

• bowling

Anagrams

• Kittles, kittles