Definitions for coddle

coddle cod·dle

Spelling: [kod-l]
IPA: /ˈkɒd l/

Coddle is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in coddle (cddelo).

Definitions for coddle

verb (used with object)

  1. to treat tenderly; nurse or tend indulgently; pamper:
  2. to cook (eggs, fruit, etc.) in water that is just below the boiling point; cook gently.

Origin of coddle

1590-1600; variant of caudle, v. use of caudle

Examples for coddle

As it is, it's just me he needs to look after him and coddle him.

You may take apricots not fully ripe, and coddle them, and that will do also.

Higher education should challenge students, not coddle them by indulging their pre-formed biases and preferences.

They think they will irreparably damage them, so instead of raising expectations, they coddle them.

And regulators who coddle Wall Street have to worry more about becoming props in an Elizabeth Warren YouTube video gone viral.

They have stopped trying to coddle me now and I live rough, like the rest.

He knows those who love him, who care for him with disinterestedness, who coddle him.

coddle six pippins in vine leaves covered with water, very gently, that the inside may be done without breaking the skins.

I want to speak to Mr. coddle, on a pint of vast prominence to him.

My dear, my only Mrs. coddle, open your arms, and receive your husband and his friend.

Word Value for coddle
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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