English Explanatory Dictionary

croodle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw.
  2. To fawn or coax.
verb
  1. To make a cooing sound.
noun
  1. A bird's coo, especially that of a dove.

Word forms

croodle croodles croodling croodled

Etymology

Compare cruddle, crudle.

Synonyms

butter up cajole inveigle sweet-talk wheedle blandander blandish fast-talk canoodle carny coax collogue croodle engle fleech honey around honey up hum ingle soap soft-sawder soft-soap stroke tweedle twist whilly word apple-polish bootlick bow and scrape brownnose dickride duchess fawn fawn over fellate flannel kiss someone's ass kiss someone's ring kiss up kowtow lick someone's ass lick someone's balls overflatter overpraise overrate suck up toady
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