Kittle

n.

Heard in Tipperary and Offaly

A kettle used for boiling water.

In use

Put on da kittle there, I'm gaspin' for a brew!

Posh English

Pray set the kettle upon the stove, as I am terribly parched for a hot beverage.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Must be rocks in dat kittleA kettle that seems to take forever to boil.
  • Slap on the kettleA request to put the kettle on for tea.
  • DrawThe process by which tea is allowed to infuse or steep after the boiling water is added.
  • WetTo pour boiling water over tea leaves in a pot to brew.
  • Wet the tayTo add boiling water to tea leaves in order to brew a pot of tea.
  • Weird kettle of fishAn eccentric or peculiar sort of person; your kind of weird.