How to Pronounce TICKLISH

Learn how to pronounce ticklish correctly by understanding the syllables.

The word ticklish is made up of 2 syllables.

British English: tick◦lish

In American English the word ticklish is made up of 3 syllables.

American English: tik◦ul◦ish

Here’s an example:

The picture shows two people lying horizontally, showing the soles of their feet.

For many people, the soles of the feet are the most ticklish parts of the body.

Definition of ticklish:
1. sensitive to tickling
2. a delicate situation that requires careful handling

Examples of ticklish from news items:

Cutting public sector top pay will be a ticklish problem: is the hated top-down, central-diktat government to decree what people are paid locally?
Source: The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/may/18/fair-pay-hutton-public-sector

She poked Mariam in her ticklish spot, under the ribs, and got a loud giggle.
Source: Shooting Kabul
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1442401958?tag=vocabcom-20

Therefore, any law enforcement search of an attorney’s office will always be a ticklish business.
Source: Slate
https://impeachableoffenses.net/2018/04/10/the-fbi-raid-on-michael-cohen-trumps-lawyer-fixer/

With no clear demarcation line to cross, Sophie — the 34-year-old pop producer who died after an accidental fall on Saturday — immediately moved her music into those ticklish margins and set up shop.
Source: Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/sophie-musician-pop-appreciation/2021/02/01/8aa168fc-64a9-11eb-886d-5264d4ceb46d_story.html

She was so ticklish that every time he touched her, she would freeze in order not to move or laugh.
Source: The Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-sundance-the-tale-jennifer-fox-20180125-story.html

For two countries that revel in bitter memories of suffering at the hands of foreign intruders, the gruesome events on the Amur in 1900 present a ticklish problem.
Source: New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/world/europe/russia-china-border.html

If you are interested in how to pronounce ticklish, here is another word that is somethimes mispronounced:
How to Pronounce BUFFET

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