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canoodle

[ kuh-nood-l ]

verb (used with or without object)

, Slang.
, ca·noo·dled, ca·noo·dling.
  1. to caress, fondle, or pet amorously.


canoodle

/ kəˈnuːdəl /

verb

  1. slang.
    introften foll bywith to kiss and cuddle; pet; fondle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • caˈnoodler, noun
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Other Words From

  • ca·noodler noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of canoodle1

1855–60; perhaps ca(ress) + noodle 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of canoodle1

C19: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

He instructs another friend to give her $150,000 to build a "love nest" where the two of them might canoodle after his release, which may have been news to his wife Debrah Charatan.

From Salon

Holmes, 46, shared several photos of the couple canoodling on the sidelines while rooting for the Razorbacks.

Moments after we saw the grieving widower in tears, he was canoodling with someone he’d just met.

And although Depp has been caught canoodling with various love interests over the last several years, she has maintained that privacy is important to her.

We talked and canoodled and made out at the bar as if we were a couple of 17-year-olds under the bleachers.

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