fondle

Speech parts

1. fondle - Noun

2. fondle - Verb

Meaning

To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

caress buss pat nestle cocker paw maul love stroke cuddle smooch felt feel handle neck
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Antonyms

dodge release avoid escape send flee
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Hypernyms

stroke

Hyponyms

chuck pat paw nose pet tickle

Derivatives

fondled fondling

Anagrams

enfold Folden

Examples

Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the first. What is there about babies which makes us hug and kiss and fondle them, so that even an enemy would give them help at that age? Desiderius Erasmus

God took a child to fondle him in His bosom of delight; but the mother wept and would not be consoled because her child no longer existed. Sri Aurobindo

Hell, the world isn't worth reforming or even aiding as I can see. Men are swine and most women are fools. Befriend a man and he'll betray you. Fondle a woman and she'll double-cross you – whip her and she'll cringe to you. Robert E. Howard

The fathers, if they got me alone, would try to kiss and fondle me. I hated it. Christine Keeler

There were dreams once upon a time, dreams now all but forgotten. On sad days I dust them off and fondle them nostalgically, with a patronizing wonder at the naivete of the youth who dreamed them. Glen Cook

It is easier to fondle lassies, than to cut timbers. Bulgarian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

fondaparinux Fonder fondish fondleable fondler fondleslab