canoodle
verb
- activity involving kissing, embracing and caressing
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kəˈnuːdl̩/ / /kəˈnud(ə)l/
noun
Etymology: Origin unknown.
- A donkey.
- A foolish lover; also (generally) a fool.
verb
Etymology: The origin of the verb is uncertain; the following possibilities have been suggested: * From a blend of ca(ress) + noodle (“to engage in frivolous behavior; to fool around or waste time; to mess around, to play”). * From German knuddeln (“to cuddle; (originally) to embrace tightly”); or related to Low German knuddle (“a clump, a knot”), a diminutive of knude, related to Old High German knodo, knoto (“a knot”) (modern German Knoten (“knot”)); ultimate etymology unknown. Compare also Norwegian Bokmål knulle (“to fuck”), Swedish knulla (“to fuck”), both from Proto-Germanic *knuzlijaną (“to beat; to mash”) (and also compare the semantics of the Scandinavian cognates of fuck). The noun is probably derived from the verb.
- To caress, fondle, or pet (someone); also, to have sexual intercourse with (someone); to make love with.
“He’s got a big smile on his face—who’s he been canoodling recently?”
- To cajole or persuade (someone).
““There,” she cried triumphantly, when her labours were finished, “it [the drawing-room] looks different now, really quite effective and ‘canoodling’.””
“And above all things, do not let her kanoodle you with soft words and looks of love, because she is full of 'em. If she can't scare you, with her indignation at the outrage of arresting and searching her, she will try to capture you and make you love her. You must be as firm as adamant.”
- Of a person: to caress, fondle, or pet another person; of two people: to caress, fondle, or pet each other; also, to have sexual intercourse; to make love.
“Young Robin and my daughter. / ‘Canoodling’ too. This must lead to manslaughter.”
“Gerald Arbuthnot sat with her in the library all the time Jim was upstairs dying and they canoodled together on the sofa in front of the fire.”