tickler

noun

tick·​ler ˈti-k(ə-)lər 

1

: a person or device that tickles

2

: a device for jogging the memory

specifically : a file that serves as a reminder and is arranged to bring matters to timely attention

Examples of tickler in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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Police in Moraga and Orinda are investigating a tip that involves at least a half-dozen boys being contacted on social media by a mysterious tickler with a proposition. — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 June 2024

The rap itself is the next brain tickler, and any lyrical forensic analysis raises more questions than answers. — Raven Smith, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2023

The tickler always hid behind their partner, while watching a videoscreen that fed them randomized sequences of body parts to touch. — Max G. Levy, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2022

Each time, the funny-bone tickler stayed for 15 minutes and acted through a set routine. — Patrick Morgan, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2011

Word History

First Known Use

1680, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for tickler

• stickler