fondle
Plural: fondles
Verb
Verb Forms: fondled, fondling, fondles
- To caress or stroke gently and lovingly.
- touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner
- "They fondled in the back seat of the taxi"
- To touch or stroke lovingly.
- To grasp.
Noun
- A caress.
Examples
- Don’t just FONDLE your tiles, make a play!
- I gave the sleeping dog's ears a fondle as I walked past.
- Mothers fondle their babies.
- The lovers fondled each other.
Origin / Etymology
From fond (“love, admire”) + -le (frequentative suffix).
Synonyms
caress, beclasp, begrasp, begrip, belock, canoodle, chuckle, clasp, clench, clinch, cling, clutch, coax, cosset, dally, dandle, dawt, enclasp, faddle, fang, feel up, fond, fondle, glaum, grab, grabble, grasp, grip, grope, hang on, hold, hold on, hold tight, nab, nantle, nim, pet, pettle, seize, shift, smuggle, stranglehold, take, tiddle, touch up
Scrabble Score: 10
fondle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfondle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fondle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary