canoodle. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

canoodle

SYLLABICATION:	ca·noo·dle
PRONUNCIATION:	k-ndl
VERB:	Inflected forms: ca·noo·dled, ca·noo·dling, ca·noo·dles Informal
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	To engage in caressing, petting, or lovemaking.
TRANSITIVE VERB:	To win over or convince by cajoling or flattering; wheedle: “his matchless ability to charm, bamboozle, or canoodle most of his political associates” (Timothy Garton Ash).
ETYMOLOGY:	Akin to English dialectal canoodle, donkey, fool, one who is foolish in love.
OTHER FORMS:	ca·noodler —NOUN


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