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Definition: Fondle |
FondleVerb1. Touch lightly and with affection, with brushing motions; "He stroked his long beard". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fondle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1792. (references) |
Note: Fondle \Fon"dle\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Fondled; present participle verb or noun Fondling.]. (references) |
Synonym: FondleSynonym: stroke (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
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. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fondle |
| English words defined with "fondle": canoodle ♦ Faddle, Fondled ♦ grope ♦ make out ♦ neck, Nustle ♦ Tiddle. (references) |
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| "Fondle" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 85.29% of the time. "Fondle" is used about 34 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 (infinitive) | 85.29% | 29 | 64,444 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 14.71% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 34 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "fondle": fondle with. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fondle | 153 |
breast fondle | 18 |
fondle tit | 7 |
chloroform fondle | 6 |
boob fondle | 4 |
boy fondle | 4 |
fondle spank teacher | 3 |
fondle pig | 3 |
fondle girl | 3 |
dick fondle | 2 |
fondle friend sexual watching wife wife | 2 |
fondle making petting | 2 |
em fondle record | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "fondle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | aai (ah, caress, chuck, flatter, oh, ow, stroke). (various references) | |
Albanian | përkëdhel (canoodle, caress, cosher, dandle, pamper, pet, play about, spoon feed, stroke), ledhatoj (caress, dandle). (various references) | |
Arabic | لاطف (be nice, caress, comply, humor, humour, indulge, molly-coddle, pet, treat well, treat with kindness), ربت (clap, dab, gentle, knock, pat, rap, slap), دلل (cherish, cocker, coddle, cosset, dandle, indulge, molly-coddle, mother, pamper, pet, spoil, spoon feed). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | галя (canoodle, caress, cosset, flatter, kiss, neck, nurse, pet), милвам (caress, nurse, pet, stroke), погалвам (caress, give smb. a pat, stroke), помилвам (amnesty, caress, pardon, reprieve, stroke). (various references) | |
Chinese | 挲 (feel, to fondle), 愛不釋手 (fondle admiringly). (various references) | |
Czech | hladit (glaze, rub). (various references) | |
Danish | stryge (caress, chuck, stroke). (various references) | |
Dutch | aaien (caress, chuck, stroke). (various references) | |
Esperanto | karesi (caress, chuck, stroke). (various references) | |
Faeroese | ynda (caress, chuck, stroke), kela (caress, chuck, stroke), kína (caress, chuck, stroke). (various references) | |
Finnish | hyväillä (caress, chuck, pet, stroke). (various references) | |
French | caresser. (various references) | |
Frisian | streakje (caress, chuck, stroke), aaie (caress, chuck, stroke). (various references) | |
German | streicheln (caress, chuck, pet, stroke, to stroke), liebkosen (caress, chuck, pet, snuggle, stroke, to caress, to fondle, to snuggle), hätscheln (cherish, coddle, cuddle, indulge, mollycoddle, nurse, nuzzle, pamper, pet, to fondle). (various references) | |
Greek | χαϊδεύω (Blandish, caress, chuck, coddle, dandle, mollycoddle, pat, pet, stroke), θωπεύω (caress, cosset, dandle, pet, stroke). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ללטף (caress, neck, pet, stroke), לפ ק (baby, cherish, coddle, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, pet, spoil, spoon feed), לחבוק (clasp, clinch, clutch, embrace), ל"ת'פף (embrace). (various references) | |
Hungarian | dédelget (caress, cherish, Cocker, hug, pamper, pet, to caress, to cherish, to cosset, to fondle, to hug, to pet), becéz (pet, to cosset, to pet). (various references) | |
Indonesian | membelai. (various references) | |
Italian | accarezzare (caress, cherish, chuck, pet, snuggle, stroke), vezzeggiare (canoodle, cosher, cosset, dandle, nuzzle, pamper). (various references) | |
Manx | babbaney (fuss, fuss as child, indulgence, pamper, spoil). (various references) | |
Norwegian | kjærtegne (caress). (various references) | |
Papiamen | karisiá (caress, chuck, stroke). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ondlefay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | afagar (canoodle, caress, cherish, chuck, cotton, cotton on, embosom, hug, pamper, pat, pet, stroke), acariciar (blandish, canoodle, caress, cherish, chuck, dandle, embosom, fawn, hug, neck, nestle, nurse, paddle, pamper, pet, stroke). (various references) | |
Romanian | dezmierda (blandish, caress, chuck, cosher, cosset, delight, divert, flatter, pet, smooth, stroke). (various references) | |
Russian | ласкать (canoodle, caress, cosher, dandle, pet). (various references) | |
Scottish | ceireanaich. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | milovati (caress, cuddle, nurse, palm, pet), maziti (cosher, cuddle, pet). (various references) | |
Spanish | acariciar (canoodle, caress, chuck, cuddle, fawn on, hug, Pat, pet, snuggle, stroke, tickle, toy with). (various references) | |
Sranan | kor'kori (caress, chuck, stroke), kori (caress, cheat, chuck, deceive, flatter, stroke). (various references) | |
Swedish | smeka (caress), kela med (cuddle, dandle, pet). (various references) | |
Thai | ลูบไล้"้วยความรัก. (various references) | |
Turkish | sevmek (affect, be fond of, be sweet on smb., care, caress, dandle, enjoy, fancy, like, love, pet), okşamak (canoodle, caress, dandle, grope, Pat, pet, stroke). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ластитися (fawn), пестити (brood, canoodle, caress, cherish, cosher, cosset, dandle, embosom, groom, nourish, nurse, nuzzle, pet, pettle, spoil). (various references) | |
Welsh | tolach, mwytho (pamper, pet), llochi (caress, stroke), anwylo (caress, cherish), anwesu (caress, cherish, indulge, pamper). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | admulcere, adulare, mulsisti, mulsum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fondle": fondled, fondler, fondlers, fondles. (additional references) | |
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"Fondle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: condle, fentle, findl, foidel, Fonde, fondre, fonile, Fordel, Fordlea, foundle, fundal, fundle, Funtley. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fondle" (pronounced fô"ndul) |
| 4 | -n d u l | bindle, Brindle, bundle, candle, dwindle, handle, spindle, swindle, kindle, manhandle, mishandle, panhandle, rekindle, Rundle, sandal, scandal, trundle, unbundle, vandal, Windle. |
| 3 | -d u l | addle, alkaloidal, antipodal, astraddle, backpedal, beadle, Bedell, befuddle, Boodle, bridal, bridle, caboodle, caudal, caudle, Coddle, colloidal, cradle, cuddle, dawdle, Doodle, feudal, fiddle, genocidal, girdle, homicidal, huddle, hurdle, idle, idol, idyll, straddle, suicidal, supermodel, intermodal, intertidal, ladle, medal, meddle, middle, minoxidil, modal, model, mollycoddle, muddle, needle, noodle, paddle, pedal, peddle, Piddle, poodle, puddle, pyramidal, remodel, rhizoidal, riddle, Ruddle, saddle, Seidel, sidle, tidal, toddle, twaddle, Tweedle, twiddle, Waddle, Wedel, widdle, yodel. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: enfold. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-f-l-n-o" | |
-1 letter: felon, loden, olden. | |
-2 letters: delf, dole, done, enol, fend, feod, fled, floe, fold, fond, lend, leno, lode, lone, node, noel. | |
-3 letters: del, den, doe, dol, don, eld, elf, end, eon, fed, fen, foe, fon, led, nod, ode, old, ole, one. | |
-4 letters: de, do, ed, ef, el, en, lo, ne, no, od, oe, of, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-f-l-n-o" | |
+1 letter: enfolds, fondled, fondler, fondles, onefold, tenfold. | |
+2 letters: diolefin, enfolded, enfolder, flounced, flounder, fondlers, foreland, infolded, infolder, ninefold, tenfolds, unfoiled, unfolded, unfolder. | |
+3 letters: conflated, cornfield, deflation, defoliant, diolefins, downfield, enfolders, enfolding, fanfolded, farandole, flounders, forelands, infolders, interfold, pinfolded, refolding, sevenfold, snowfield, underflow, unfolders, wonderful. | |
+4 letters: brownfield, centerfold, confederal, conflicted, confusedly, cornfields, deflations, deflection, defoliants, downfallen, endosulfan, farandoles, fieldstone, fingerhold, floridness, floundered, forestland, informedly, interfolds, manifolded, nonfederal, oldfangled, outflanked, reflooding, snowfields, sulfonated, underflows, unfoldment, windflower. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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