canoodle
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canoodle¹
- /kəˈnuːdl̩/ UK
- /kəˈnud(ə)l/ US
Rhymes with -uːdəl
Where it comes from
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.
verb canoodles · canoodling · canoodled · cannoodle · conoodle
- 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’.”
- 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.
noun canoodles
- A caress, a cuddle, a hug. She got on with the crewmen, all of whom liked her and at least one of whom, Pinky Montmorency, took more than a casual interest in her. Probably a bit of a canoodle now and then in the room behind the office.
canoodle²
- /kəˈnuːdl̩/ UK
- /kəˈnud(ə)l/ US
Rhymes with -uːdəl
Where it comes from
Origin unknown.
noun canoodles
- A donkey.
- A foolish lover; also (generally) a fool.
