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Coddle Common

Coddle has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

An Irish dish comprising layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and bacon rashers with sliced potatoes and onions.

Verb
1

treat with excessive indulgence

"grandparents often pamper the children"

"Let's not mollycoddle our students!"

2

cook in nearly boiling water

"coddle eggs"

3

To treat gently or with great care.

Example Sentences
"grandparents often pamper the children" verb
"Let's not mollycoddle our students!" verb
"coddle eggs" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
treat cook
Rhyming Words
dle adle idle fdle codle oodle ladle padle bodle sidle addle waddle huddle biddle riddle feddle widdle muddle weddle nuddle
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