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Definition of Canoodle
1. Verb. Fondle or pet affectionately.
Definition of Canoodle
1. Verb. To caress, touch up, pet or make love ¹
2. Verb. To persuade or cajole ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Canoodle
1. to caress [v -DLED, -DLING, -DLES] - See also: caress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canoodle
Literary usage of Canoodle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies in English, Written and Spoken: For the Use of Continental Students by Cornelis Stoffel (1894)
"The verb to canoodle in the last quotation is not in the NED, ... I also find
the spelling canoodle, which seems to stand for the same thing; Punch, 1879, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"canoodle, to (English and American), to fondle, pet, dally, bill and coo. 1 meet
her in the evening, for she likes to take a walk At the moment when the ..."
3. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"Share 'm with actors, and then we canoodle—divvy the profits. Me and Sheridan
made a big ... [See quots. under canoodle, sense i.] CANT, subs, and verb. ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1879)
"“ canoodle “ (5th S. xi. 197.)— “ Then he and the matchless one struggle, snuggle,
... When I was an undergraduate at Oxford to canoodle was the slang ..."
5. On Blendings of Synonymous Or Cognate Expressions in English: A Contribution by Gustaf Adolf Bergström (1906)
"110. canoodle < canoe + paddle. FARMER, HENLEY, Slang, gives a quotation from
Notes and Queries: When I was an undergraduate at Oxford to canoodle was the ..."
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