Fondling

Definition: Fondling

Fondling

Noun

1. Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs).

Date "fondling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references)

Synonyms: Fondling

Synonyms: caressing (n), cuddling (n), hugging (n), kissing (n), necking (n), petting (n), smooching (n), snuggling (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Endearment	Noun: endearment, caress; blandishment, blandiment; _panchement, fondling, billing and cooing, dalliance, necking, petting, sporting, sparking, hanky-panky; caressing.
Favorite	Noun: favorite, pet, cosset, minion, idol, jewel, spoiled child, enfant gat_; led captain; crony; fondling; apple of one's eye, man after one's own heart; persona grata.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Fondling

English words defined with "fondling": Migniardise ♦ Tenderling. (references)

Etymologies containing "fondling": fondle. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Despite the fact that you're one large pain in the arse last night was the best thing that ever happened to me, girl wise, and if you weren't behaving like such a horses rectum you would know that we could be inside touching and fondling all day long until I've got to go to rehearsal (The Goodbye Girl; writing credit: Neil Simon)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Manpower. Negro arsenal workers. Robert Scott, one of the many Negro workers in a large Eastern arsenal, is fondling a little "bundle for Berlin." These 75 mm shells are being turned out on a mass production basis in this arsenal which works around the cl. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

"Fondling" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 93.62% of the time. "Fondling" is used about 47 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	93.62%	44	51,500
Noun (singular)	6.38%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	47	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "fondling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		fërkim (caress, embrocation, friction, massage, rub, rubbing, scouring, traction, unction), përkëdhelje (caress, endearment, necking, Pat, stroke), mirëdashje (benevolence, goodwill). (various references)

Arabic		‏الملا طفة. (various references)

Bulgarian		галене, любимец (darling, favorite, favourite, minion, nursling, pet, white-headed boy), помилване (amnesty, caressing, free pardon, oblivion, pardon, reprieve, stroking). (various references)

Czech		hlazení (glaze, polish). (various references)

Finnish		lellittely (pampering). (various references)

French		tripotage, caressement. (various references)

German		Liebkosung (caress, cuddle), liebkosend (caressing, hugging, snugglind). (various references)

Hebrew		לטיפ�" (caress, petting, stroke), לטוף (caressing, petting), לטפ� י (caressing, embracing). (various references)

Hungarian		dédelgetés (caress, coddling, pampering), dédelgető, becézés, becéző. (various references)

Italian		carezza (caress, Pat, stroke). (various references)

Pig Latin		ondlingfay.(various references)

Portuguese		carinhos, carícias (necking), afago (caress, pat). (various references)

Romanian		fiinţã iubitã, rãsfãţ (delights, Fetting, spoiling), odor (darling, dear, duck, gem, gold, jewel, love, Pearl, treasure), giugiulealã (cuddling), drãgostealã. (various references)

Russian		любимец (cosset, nurseling, pet). (various references)

Scottish		beadradh (caressing), atamach. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		milovanje (caress, cuddle). (various references)

Spanish		cuidado (attention, care, carefulness, caution, concern, keeping, nursing, painstaking, worry). (various references)

Swedish		smek (caress, caressing, chuck, love making, stroke), älskling (beloved, darling, duck, flame, honey, love, lovey, pet, poppet, sugar, sweet, sweetheart). (various references)

Ukrainian		улюбленець (cosset, darling, favorite, favourite, minion, particular, pet), ласка (affection, caress, endearment, odor, odour, tenderness, weasel). (various references)

Welsh		anwes (caress, fondness, indulgence). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "fondling": fondlings. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Fondling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: findling, fondeling. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "fondling" (pronounced fÄ"nduling or fÄ"ndling)
6	-n d u l i ng	bundling, dwindling.
5	-d u l i ng	backpedaling, coddling, cradling, huddling, hurdling, idling, meddling, middling, modeling, muddling, paddling, pedaling, peddling, piddling, remodeling, saddling, yodeling.
4	-u l i ng	ambling, assembling, babbling, baffling, barreling, battling, belittling, bicycling, boggling, bottling, bristling, bubbling, bugling, bumbling, bungling, bustling, cackling, canceling, cancelling, channeling, chortling, circling, commingling, counseling, crippling, crumbling, cycling, dabbling, dangling, dazzling, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, doubling, dribbling, drizzling, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, entitling, equaling, fizzling, fumbling, funneling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, groveling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hassling, hobbling, humbling, hustling, imperiling, initialing, intermingling, jiggling, jostling, juggling, labeling, leveling, mangling, marshaling, mingling, mislabeling, mottling, mumbling, muscling, nibbling, paneling, parceling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quibbling, raveling, recycling, redoubling, refueling, resembling, reshuffling, reveling, rippling, rivaling, ruffling, rumbling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, settling, shriveling, shuttling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, spiraling, spiralling, squabbling, stapling, stenciling, strangling, struggling, stumbling, swiveling, tabling, throttling, tingling, tinkling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, traveling, travelling, trembling, tripling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twinkling, unraveling, unsettling, waggling, warbling, wiggling, wobbling, wrangling, wrinkling.
3	-l i ng	annealing, appalling, appealing, ailing, angling, assailing, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, beguiling, Belling, billing, blackmailing, boiling, Bolling, bowling, brawling, broiling, buckling, burgling, burling, cajoling, calling, Carling, ceiling, chilling, chronicling, chuckling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, crawling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, darling, dawdling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, drilling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, earthling, emailing, enrolling, entailing, entangling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, galling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, growling, hailing, handling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, holing, howling, hurling, hurtling, inhaling, inkling, installing, instilling, jailing, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, Marling, Melling, milling, mishandling, misspelling, mothballing, mulling, nailing, needling, nestling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, peeling, pickling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, quelling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, reeling, regaling, rekindling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruling, rustling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shuffling, sibling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squealing, stalling, starling, startling, stealing, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strickling, stripling, strolling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, Tilling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, trailing, trampling, trickling, trifling, trilling, trolling, twiddling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, wailing, walling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiling, willing, wrestling, yearling, yelling.
5	-n d l i ng	foundling, groundling, handling, kindling, mishandling, panhandling, Pindling, rekindling, swindling, unbundling.
4	-d l i ng	cuddling, dawdling, fiddling, needling, Sandling, seedling, straddling, toddling, twiddling.
3	-l i ng	annealing, appalling, appealing, ailing, ambling, angling, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-f-g-i-l-n-n-o"
	-1 letter: folding, fonding.
	-2 letters: doling, infold.
	-3 letters: dingo, doing, fling, flong, gonif, indol, lingo.
	-4 letters: ding, diol, dong, fido, filo, find, fino, flog, foil, foin, fold, fond, gild, gold, golf, idol, info, lido, ling, linn, lino, lion, loin, long, nodi, noil.
	-5 letters: dig, din, dog, dol, don, fid, fig, fil, fin, fog, fon, gid, gin, god.
	Words containing the letters "d-f-g-i-l-n-n-o"
	+1 letter: enfolding, fondlings, foundling, infolding, unfolding.
	+2 letters: fanfolding, foundlings, pinfolding.
	+3 letters: confidingly, floundering, manifolding.
	+4 letters: blindfolding, interfolding.
	+5 letters: confoundingly.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
fondling	106	bondage fondling	3
breast fondling	45	fondling picture	3
fondling tit	22	first fondling free story time	3
fondling girl	10	fondling woman	2
fondling penis	7	dick fondling	2
cock fondling	6	caressing fondling	2
boob fondling	6	fondling teen	2
fondling story	6	ball fondling	2
fondling sister	5	fondling male stripper	2
fondling lesbian	4	couple fondling	2
fondling twinks	3	fondling girdle in man pantie slip woman	2
fondling man woman	3	fondling her	2
child fondling	3	asian fondling tit	2
fondling tgp	3	fondling public	2
		butt fondling	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Fondling

Definition: Fondling

Fondling

Noun

Synonyms: Fondling

Synonyms within Context: Fondling

Endearment

Favorite

Crosswords: Fondling

Modern Usage: Fondling

Screenplays

Photo Album: Fondling

Usage Frequency: Fondling

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fondling

Modern Translation: Fondling

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Derivations & Misspellings: Fondling

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Rhyming with "Fondling"

Anagrams: Fondling

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