01 a. Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish.
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Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish.
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Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable.“Can any man with comfort lodge in a condition so dismally ticklish?” — Barrow.
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Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business.“Surely princes had need, in tender matters and ticklish times, to beware what they say.” — Bacon.