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1. (v.t.) coddle
to treat tenderly or indulgently; pamper.
2. coddle
to cook (eggs, fruit, etc.) in water just below the boiling point.
Etymology: (1590–1600; var. of caudlecaudle)
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| Definition of 'coddle' |
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1. (verb) pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
treat with excessive indulgence
"grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
2. (verb) coddle
cook in nearly boiling water
"coddle eggs"
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| Definition of 'coddle' |
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1. (verb) coddle
to parboil, or soften by boiling
2. (verb) coddle
to treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper
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Sense: to treat with great care like an invalid; to pamper
She tended to coddle her youngest child.
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 Afrikaans: vertroetel |
 Arabic: يُدَلِّل، يَرْعى |
 Bulgarian: глезя |
 Brazilian: paparicar |
 Czech: rozmazlovat |
 German: verhätscheln |
 Danish: pylre om; forkæle |
 Greek: κανακεύω |
 Spanish: mimar |
 Estonian: poputama |
 Farsi: با ملاطفت رفتار کردن؛ در |
 Finnish: hellitellä |
 French: dorloter |
 Hebrew: לְפָנֵק |
 Hindi: खुब लाड़-प्यार करना |
 Croatian: mazati |
 Hungarian: (el)kényeztet |
 Indonesian: memanjakan |
 Icelandic: hlúa að; dekra við |
 Italian: coccolare |
 Japanese: 甘やかす |
 Korean: 버릇없이 기르다 |
 Lithuanian: lepinti |
 Latvian: lutināt |
 Malay: memujuk |
 Dutch: vertroetelen |
 Norwegian: forkjæle, degge med |
 Polish: rozpieszczać |
 Persian: با ملاطفت رفتار کردن؛ در |
 Pashto: په نرم ځاى كښې ويده كول |
 Portuguese: paparicar |
 Romanian: a cocoloşi |
 Russian: нянчиться |
 Slovak: rozmaznávať |
 Slovenian: razvajati |
 Serbian: maziti |
 Swedish: skämma bort, dalta med |
 Thai: ประคบประหงม |
 Turkish: üstüne titremek |
 Taiwanese: 悉心照料，(父母)寵愛 |
 Ukrainian: голубити; пестити |
 Urdu: حد سے زیادہ ناز برداری کر |
 Vietnamese: chiều chuộng |
 Chinese: 悉心照料 |
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