fondle
nounEtymology From fond (“love, admire”) + -le (frequentative suffix).
1
A caress.
- I gave the sleeping dog's ears a fondle as I walked past.
fondle
verb/ˈfɒndəl/
Etymology From fond (“love, admire”) + -le (frequentative suffix).
1
To touch or stroke lovingly.
- Mothers fondle their babies.
- idly fondling the cat's ears
2
To grasp.
- The lovers fondled each other.
- Synonyms
- canoodle, caress, chuckle, coax, cosset, dally, dandle, dawt, faddle, feel up, fond, fondle, grabble, grope, nantle, pet, pettle, shift, smuggle, tiddle, touch up, worship
- Derived terms
- fondleable, fondler, fondleslab, fondlesome, fondlingly, overfondle, unfondled
- Related terms
- cop a feel, get to second base, make out, massage
- Hypernyms
- act sexually, rub