Canoodling

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Amorous pettings or caresses.

    "Admittedly one is spared the nauseating canoodlings of lovers whose lungs are manifestly greater than their love, which are so common in Wagner evenings[…]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of canoodle form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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"Admittedly one is spared the nauseating canoodlings of lovers whose lungs are manifestly greater than their love, which are so common in Wagner evenings[…]"

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