Coddle

Definition: Coddle

Coddle

Verb

1. Treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!".

2. Cook in nearly boiling water; "coddle eggs".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "coddle" was first used: 1598. (references)

Synonyms: Coddle

Endearment

Verb: caress, fondle, pet, dandle; pat, pat on the head, pat on the cheek; chuck under the chin, smile upon, coax, wheedle, cosset, coddle, cockle; make of, make much of; cherish, foster, kill with kindness.

Selfishness

Verb: be selfish; Adjective: please oneself, indulge oneself, coddle oneself; consult one's own wishes, consult one's own pleasure; look after one's own interest; feather one's nest; take care of number one, have an eye to the main chance, know on which side one's bread is buttered; give an inch and take an ell.

Crosswords: Coddle

It's not my job to coddle my students (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Soft and coddle hug me up like a quit (Mr. Boombastic; performing artist: Shaggy)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Coddle Creek Financial Corp.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• A Trifle, a Coddle, a Fry: An Irish Literary Cookbook (reference)

• CODDLE CREEK FINANCIAL CORP.: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis (Labor Productivity Series) (reference)

• Coddle Your Cat: How to Pamper Your Kitty in Style-Practical Projects to Prove You Care (reference)

• Molly Coddle, M.D. (Bump in the Night) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Ending with "coddle": molly-coddle.

Albanian

ziej paksa, njeri i përkëdhelur (cosset, minion), njeri i llastuar, mbaj në peluke. (various references)

Arabic 

‏سلق (boil, parboil, scald, seethe), ‏عامل برفق, ‏دلل (cherish, cocker, cosset, dandle, fondle, indulge, molly-coddle, mother, pamper, pet, spoil, spoon feed). (various references)

Bulgarian 

увивам (cockle, enfold, enlace, enwrap, muffle, pack, twine, wind, wrap, wrap up), варя на слаб огън, изнежвам (feminize, tenderize), изнежен човек (mollycoddle, tenderling). (various references)

Czech

rozmazlit (pamper, spoil). (various references)

Danish

forkæle (pamper, pet). (various references)

Dutch

vertroetelen (pamper, pet), troetelen (pamper, pet), koesteren (incubate, pamper, pet, sit). (various references)

Esperanto

dorloti (pamper, pet). (various references)

Faeroese

spilla (damage, destroy, injure, pamper, pet, quash, spoil). (various references)

Farsi 

نیم پزکردن (Underdo), نوازش کردن (Baby, Coax, Cuddle, Pat, Pet, Stroke), نازپرورده کردن , اهسته جوشاندن یاپختن , بادقت زیادبکاری دست زدن . (various references)

Finnish

lellitellä (pamper), hemmotella (pamper, spoil), hellitellä (fondle, pet). (various references)

French

dorloter (cosset), choyer (cosset). (various references)

German

verhätscheln (cocker, cosher, cuddle, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, pet, spoil, to cocker, to coddle, to cosher). (various references)

Greek 

κάνω όλα τα χατήρια, μισοβράζω (parboil), παραχαϊδεύω (mollycoddle, pamper, spoil), χαϊδεύω (Blandish, caress, chuck, dandle, fondle, mollycoddle, pat, pet, stroke). (various references)

Hebrew 

לפ� ק (baby, cherish, fondle, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, pet, spoil, spoon feed), לבשל לאט. (various references)

Hungarian

lassú tûzön fõz (stew), elkényeztet (feather bed, indulge, pamper, spoil, spoilt, to coddle, to indulge, to pamper, to spoil). (various references)

Indonesian

memanjakan (cosher, indulge, molly-coddle, pamper, spoil). (various references)

Italian

coccolare (canoodle, Cocker, cosher, cosset, cuddle, lap, mollycoddle, pamper, pet). (various references)

Norwegian

skjemme (blemish, pamper, pet). (various references)

Pig Latin

oddlecay.(various references)

Portuguese

molengão (slouch, slowcoach), escoltar (accompany, convoy, escort, follow, guard, squire), amimar (cocker, featherbed, fondle, foster, lap, molly-coddle, pamper, pet), acompanhar (accompany, accompanying, carry, chaperon, companion, consort, escort, follow, go along, go along with, keep up with, mark, marshal, pilot, see, squire, take, walk one up), acarinhar (caress, indulge, neck, pamper, pet). (various references)

Romanian

rãsfãţa (amuse, caress, Cocker, cosher, dandle, divert, fondle, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, pet, spoil), opãri (boil, parboil, scald, steep), menaja (spare), mîngîia (caress, chuck, fondle, pamper, pet, stroke), fierbe înãbuşit (braise, simmer), alinta (caress, Cocker, fondle, gambol, pamper, pet, swing). (various references)

Russian 

изнеживать (emasculate, pamper). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

tetošiti (cocker, cosher), razmaziti (dote, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil). (various references)

Spanish

consentir (accede, accept, agree, assent, comply, consent, give in, indulge, pamper, pander to, permit, spoil), cocer a fuego lento (braise, simmer), mimar (canoodle, coax, cosset, fondle, humor, humour, indulge, mollycoddle, mother, pamper, pet, spoil, spoon feed, wait on), hacer payaso (clown), hacer mimos a. (various references)

Swedish

sjuda (seethe, simmer, stew), pjoska med (fuss over, pamper), klema bort (cosher, cosset, feather bed, pamper), kela (canoodle, cuddle, pamper, pet). (various references)

Thai

พะเน้าพะนอ (appease), ลวกไข่. (various references)

Turkish

nazlı alıştırmak (feather bed, spoil), kaynatmak (boil, keep at a simmer, poach, scald), hafif ateşte pişirmek, şımartmak (baby, cosher, cosset, dandle, feather bed, indulge, pamper, pet, spoil, spoonfeed), üzerine titremek (dote, fuss, spoonfeed), özenle bakmak. (various references)

Ukrainian

обварювати, ніжити (canoodle). (various references)

Vietnamese 

người nhõng nhẽo người lười chảy thây ra, người nâng niu. (various references)

calidium. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "coddle": coddled, coddler, coddlers, coddles. (additional references)

Words ending with "coddle": mollycoddle. (additional references)

Words containing "coddle": mollycoddled, mollycoddler, mollycoddlers, mollycoddles. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Coddle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: clodde, codae, codle, Codlea, Codul, condle, Coodale, cuddleee, cuddley, doddle, hcmodule, koddle. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: coded, coled, dolce, doled.

-2 letters: clod, code, coed, cold, cole, deco, dole, eddo, lode.

-3 letters: cel, cod, col, del, doc, doe, dol, eld, led, odd, ode, old, ole.

-4 letters: de, do, ed, el, lo, od, oe.

+1 letter: cladode, clouded, coddled, coddler, coddles, scolded.

+2 letters: cladodes, cloddier, coddlers, collided, colluded, condoled, deadlock, occluded.

+3 letters: beclouded, blockaded, boldfaced, canoodled, cloddiest, concluded, cordelled, cuckolded, deadlocks, decolored, decoupled, disclosed, domiciled, dreadlock, padlocked, unclouded.

+4 letters: candlewood, cardholder, coldcocked, colonnaded, concededly, coolheaded, cuddlesome, deadlocked, decollated, decoloured, discolored, dislocated, downscaled, dreadlocks, duodecimal, gridlocked, landlocked, outscolded, scaffolded.

+5 letters: candlewoods, cardholders, clapboarded, codeveloped, coldblooded, coldhearted, deadlocking, decolonized, decolorized, delocalized, dendrologic, devocalized, dicotyledon, duodecimals, edulcorated, endocardial, godchildren, goldbricked, mollycoddle, overclouded, roadblocked, saddlecloth, uncloudedly, undercooled, undisclosed.