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    [Verb]  | "cod*dle" | \ ˈkä-dᵊl \


    1: to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point

    2: to treat with extreme or excessive care or kindness : pamper


    Origin: 1651 ;

     Perhaps altered from caudle "to administer a caudle to," verbal derivative of {see: |caudle|caudle} ;

      * Note : The meaning "to pamper," earlier "to treat as if in need of nursing," attested from the second half of the 18th century, cannot be related with certainty to the cooking sense and may be of distinct origin.;

    [Verb]  | "coddle" 


    1: to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam;


      * e.g., " ... a hearty, traditional breakfast that included coddled eggs "





    2: to treat with great or excessive care;


      * e.g., " ... accused the judiciary of coddling criminals "



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     [ "coddle" ]

    1: A verb, meaning "cuddle", only British.

      * e.g.,  ... Oy, that was brilliant! Blimy.. come back here so I can coddle you! 

     [ "Coddling" ]

    1: Allowing weak people to whine and sit back and not get their work done.

      * e.g.,  ... Sue was so busy coddling April, that she never got her homework finished. 

     [ "coddling" ]

    1: Act of getting your dick handled in a manner of extreme delicacy and care.

      * e.g.,  ... Got the best mouthski last night ,, she was basically coddling it. 

     [ "Coddle" ]

    1: To cuddle intensively or hold carefully with passion xoxo gossip girl

      * e.g.,  ... I love to coddle the shiz nitz outta my biznich 

     [ "Coddle" ]

    1: Dublin stew. Potatoes, carrots, onions, rashers and sausages. Beautiful

      * e.g.,  ... Hey Mary from Cork, would you like some coddle?? 

     [ "Coddle" ]

    1: Also as coddling.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude why’s your hand down your pants? 


     [ "Coddle" ]

    2: holding/cupping of male testicles whether their own or someone else’s.

      * e.g.,  ... - I don’t know I’m just coddling my balls. 

     [ "Coddles" ]

    1: The act of playing COD and cuddling at the same time (:

      * e.g.,  ... My boyfriend was playing COD. But I wanted cuddles, so we decided to do have coddles. 


     [ "Coddles" ]

    2: It's cute okay.

     [ "tard coddling" ]

    1: Treating idiots as if they are intelligent, informed, aware, and sensitive to a particular issue, especially at work.

      * e.g.,  ... I want to fire Bob for stealing, but I gotta go down to HR and do some tard coddling 'cuz they are afraid he'll sue us. 

     [ "tele-coddle" ]

    1: Using cell phone or land line to comfort or remove age appropriate responsibility from another - generally a son or daughter who would benefit from learning to deal with adversity without parental intervention. Similar in approach to e-coddle but more interactive and often involves the parent/coddler demanding to speak with another adult or organizational representative who is not performing as the child (and parent) would like.

      * e.g.,  ... Nicole's mom could not help but call and tele-coddle her when she saw that Nicole looked unhappy in the on-line camp pictures. 

     [ "coddle sesh" ]

    1: n.

      * e.g.,  ... we had a nice little coddle sesh, but i didnt stick it in. 


     [ "coddle sesh" ]

    2: a session of coddleing. sometimes on a friends couch. sometimes involving feelsy upsies and may lead to sticky insies when the proper coddle technique is applied.

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