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- Dictionarycoddle/ˈkɒdl/
verb
- 1. treat (someone) in an indulgent or overprotective way: "I was coddled and cosseted"
- 2. cook (an egg) in water below boiling point: "you may have your eggs scrambled, poached, coddled, or boiled"
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CODDLE definition: 1. to cook food, especially eggs, in water just below boiling temperature: 2. to protect someone…. Learn more.
1. : to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point. coddled the eggs for the Caesar salad. 2. : to treat with extreme or excessive care or kindness : pamper. accused the court of coddling criminals. colleges that coddle their athletes. coddler. ˈkäd-lər. ˈkä-dᵊl-ər. noun. Synonyms. boil. parboil. poach.
Coddle definition: to treat tenderly; nurse or tend indulgently; pamper. See examples of CODDLE used in a sentence.
to protect someone or something too much: The steel industry is coddled by trade protection and massive subsidies. Synonyms. baby informal often disapproving. cosset. indulge. mollycoddle informal mainly disapproving. pamper. spoil. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. coddle.
Originally, it meant to cook gently in water that is near boiling, as in coddling an egg. It most likely gained its association with pampering and taking care of someone via a drink made for invalids that was prepared by coddling. “Mollycoddle,” a synonym for coddle, originally meant a person who coddles himself, or an effeminate man.
verb. To coddle someone means to treat them too kindly or protect them too much. [disapproval] She coddled her youngest son madly. [VERB noun] The warders' union has been denouncing the government for coddling prisoners. [VERB noun] Synonyms: pamper, spoil, indulge, cosset More Synonyms of coddle. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Definition of coddle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to treat tenderly or indulgently; pamper. 2. to cook (eggs, fruit, etc.) in water just below the boiling point. [1590–1600; variant of caudle caudle] cod′dler, n.
coddle meaning, definition, what is coddle: to treat someone in a way that is too ki...: Learn more.
verb. coddled, coddles, coddling. To cook (esp. eggs in the shell) gently by heating in water not quite at boiling temperature. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To treat (someone) with more care or concern than is required or regarded as appropriate; be overindulgent toward; cosset; pamper. Webster's New World. To treat indulgently; baby.
