See kittle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "kitelen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English kitelen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "kjetla",
"4": "",
"5": "to bring forth young"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse kjetla (“to bring forth young”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "kit",
"3": "le"
},
"expansion": "kit + -le",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English kitelen, from Old Norse kjetla (“to bring forth young”), equivalent to kit + -le.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kittles",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "kittling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "kittled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "kittled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"Northern England English",
"Scottish English"
],
"glosses": [
"To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter."
],
"links": [
[
"cat",
"cat"
],
[
"kitten",
"kitten"
],
[
"litter",
"litter"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, Scotland and Northern England) To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter."
],
"tags": [
"Northern-England",
"Scotland",
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"word": "kittle"
}
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