Definition of coddle in English:

coddle

verb ˈkɒd(ə)lˈkɑdl

[with object]

1Treat (someone) in an indulgent or overprotective way.
I was coddled and cosseted
Example sentencesExamples
- I was the only child in the family, and I was coddled by my parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles.
- I want to baby you, and coddle you, and spoil you for the rest of my life.
- The early missions coddle the player closely, and provide a comfortable introduction to the game's features.
- In the long-term we do them no favors by allowing them to coddle our mutual enemies.
- Some may think of us as a nanny state, given the way we coddle our citizens with free health care and equality provisions.
- Have you any idea how much harm you are doing Anya by coddling her in this manner?
- Being an intelligent child, she really resented the way that she was being coddled.
- Being the baby of the family he was coddled and treated like glass, as if he would break.
- The D.A. of this county in New York takes on a system that she says coddles criminals.
- In the long run - even in the medium run - coddling dictators backfires.
- We do not need to coddle our old people, just ensure them enough income to live adequately.
- Successive governments have coddled criminals, allowed them free rein to the point where they believe they own parties and governments.
- I watched in amazement as the players were coddled and treated like gods.
- Your article omits this information, and implies with a high level of certainty that such treatment never happened, and that she was essentially coddled.
- Despite being coddled at the nursery with fertilizer and water, the plants face transplant stress.
- She sounded like a very concerned mother coddling her frightened child.
- I'm not convinced we should coddle people who, by the time they reach the postdoc level, are so insecure they won't even apply for the jobs they actually want.
- They never wanted to be like the couples who coddled their pets like children.
- They relocated eggs and birds to new areas and coddled them.
- He does not spoon-feed or coddle his audience; he does not always explain all the minute particulars of every event he discusses.
Synonyms
pamper, cosset, mollycoddle, wait on someone hand and foot, cater to someone's every whim
spoil, indulge, overindulge, humour, pander to
spoon-feed, feather-bed, wrap in cotton wool, overparent
pet, baby, mother, nanny
archaic cocker
2Cook (an egg) in water below boiling point.
you may have your eggs scrambled, poached, coddled, or boiled
Example sentencesExamples
- If you don't know how to coddle an egg, here's how: Poke a hole in the bottom with a pin.
- Eggs can be cooked easily and quickly in any number of pleasant ways - poached, fried, scrambled, boiled, coddled, baked and even deep-fried.

Derivatives

coddler

noun

He painted a picture of a painful childhood with parents who were certainly not coddlers.
Example sentencesExamples
- If we do not, we allow our opponents to say we are coddlers of evil, allowing an oppressor to rule unchecked.
- These days that makes you a coddler of terrorists.
- He has been getting flak recently for tagging a television news anchor as a coddler for bailing out a suspected terrorist.
- We should not allow corporate coddlers like these men to repackage themselves as born-again crusaders for reform.

Origin

Late 16th century (in the sense 'boil (fruit) gently'): origin uncertain; sense 1 is probably a dialect variant of obsolete caudle 'administer invalids' gruel', based on Latin caldum 'hot drink', from calidus 'warm'.

Rhymes

doddle, model, noddle, swaddle, toddle, twaddle, waddle

Definition of coddle in US English:

coddle

verbˈkädlˈkɑdl

[with object]

1Treat in an indulgent or overprotective way.
I was coddled and cosseted
Example sentencesExamples
- She sounded like a very concerned mother coddling her frightened child.
- I was the only child in the family, and I was coddled by my parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles.
- In the long-term we do them no favors by allowing them to coddle our mutual enemies.
- Have you any idea how much harm you are doing Anya by coddling her in this manner?
- Your article omits this information, and implies with a high level of certainty that such treatment never happened, and that she was essentially coddled.
- We do not need to coddle our old people, just ensure them enough income to live adequately.
- In the long run - even in the medium run - coddling dictators backfires.
- They never wanted to be like the couples who coddled their pets like children.
- He does not spoon-feed or coddle his audience; he does not always explain all the minute particulars of every event he discusses.
- Successive governments have coddled criminals, allowed them free rein to the point where they believe they own parties and governments.
- The early missions coddle the player closely, and provide a comfortable introduction to the game's features.
- I want to baby you, and coddle you, and spoil you for the rest of my life.
- Some may think of us as a nanny state, given the way we coddle our citizens with free health care and equality provisions.
- Despite being coddled at the nursery with fertilizer and water, the plants face transplant stress.
- The D.A. of this county in New York takes on a system that she says coddles criminals.
- Being an intelligent child, she really resented the way that she was being coddled.
- Being the baby of the family he was coddled and treated like glass, as if he would break.
- I watched in amazement as the players were coddled and treated like gods.
- I'm not convinced we should coddle people who, by the time they reach the postdoc level, are so insecure they won't even apply for the jobs they actually want.
- They relocated eggs and birds to new areas and coddled them.
Synonyms
pamper, cosset, mollycoddle, wait on someone hand and foot, cater to someone's every whim
2Cook (an egg) in water below boiling point.
Example sentencesExamples
- If you don't know how to coddle an egg, here's how: Poke a hole in the bottom with a pin.
- Eggs can be cooked easily and quickly in any number of pleasant ways - poached, fried, scrambled, boiled, coddled, baked and even deep-fried.

Origin

Late 16th century (in the sense ‘boil (fruit) gently’): origin uncertain; coddle (sense 1) is probably a dialect variant of obsolete caudle ‘administer invalids' gruel’, based on Latin caldum ‘hot drink’, from calidus ‘warm’.

单词	coddle
释义	Definition of coddle in English: coddle verb ˈkɒd(ə)lˈkɑdl [with object] 1Treat (someone) in an indulgent or overprotective way. I was coddled and cosseted Example sentencesExamples I was the only child in the family, and I was coddled by my parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles. I want to baby you, and coddle you, and spoil you for the rest of my life. The early missions coddle the player closely, and provide a comfortable introduction to the game's features. In the long-term we do them no favors by allowing them to coddle our mutual enemies. Some may think of us as a nanny state, given the way we coddle our citizens with free health care and equality provisions. Have you any idea how much harm you are doing Anya by coddling her in this manner? Being an intelligent child, she really resented the way that she was being coddled. Being the baby of the family he was coddled and treated like glass, as if he would break. The D.A. of this county in New York takes on a system that she says coddles criminals. In the long run - even in the medium run - coddling dictators backfires. We do not need to coddle our old people, just ensure them enough income to live adequately. Successive governments have coddled criminals, allowed them free rein to the point where they believe they own parties and governments. I watched in amazement as the players were coddled and treated like gods. Your article omits this information, and implies with a high level of certainty that such treatment never happened, and that she was essentially coddled. Despite being coddled at the nursery with fertilizer and water, the plants face transplant stress. She sounded like a very concerned mother coddling her frightened child. I'm not convinced we should coddle people who, by the time they reach the postdoc level, are so insecure they won't even apply for the jobs they actually want. They never wanted to be like the couples who coddled their pets like children. They relocated eggs and birds to new areas and coddled them. He does not spoon-feed or coddle his audience; he does not always explain all the minute particulars of every event he discusses. Synonyms pamper, cosset, mollycoddle, wait on someone hand and foot, cater to someone's every whim spoil, indulge, overindulge, humour, pander to spoon-feed, feather-bed, wrap in cotton wool, overparent pet, baby, mother, nanny archaic cocker 2Cook (an egg) in water below boiling point. you may have your eggs scrambled, poached, coddled, or boiled Example sentencesExamples If you don't know how to coddle an egg, here's how: Poke a hole in the bottom with a pin. Eggs can be cooked easily and quickly in any number of pleasant ways - poached, fried, scrambled, boiled, coddled, baked and even deep-fried. Derivatives coddler noun He painted a picture of a painful childhood with parents who were certainly not coddlers. Example sentencesExamples If we do not, we allow our opponents to say we are coddlers of evil, allowing an oppressor to rule unchecked. These days that makes you a coddler of terrorists. He has been getting flak recently for tagging a television news anchor as a coddler for bailing out a suspected terrorist. We should not allow corporate coddlers like these men to repackage themselves as born-again crusaders for reform. Origin Late 16th century (in the sense 'boil (fruit) gently'): origin uncertain; sense 1 is probably a dialect variant of obsolete caudle 'administer invalids' gruel', based on Latin caldum 'hot drink', from calidus 'warm'. Rhymes doddle, model, noddle, swaddle, toddle, twaddle, waddle Definition of coddle in US English: coddle verbˈkädlˈkɑdl [with object] 1Treat in an indulgent or overprotective way. I was coddled and cosseted Example sentencesExamples She sounded like a very concerned mother coddling her frightened child. I was the only child in the family, and I was coddled by my parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles. In the long-term we do them no favors by allowing them to coddle our mutual enemies. Have you any idea how much harm you are doing Anya by coddling her in this manner? Your article omits this information, and implies with a high level of certainty that such treatment never happened, and that she was essentially coddled. We do not need to coddle our old people, just ensure them enough income to live adequately. In the long run - even in the medium run - coddling dictators backfires. They never wanted to be like the couples who coddled their pets like children. He does not spoon-feed or coddle his audience; he does not always explain all the minute particulars of every event he discusses. Successive governments have coddled criminals, allowed them free rein to the point where they believe they own parties and governments. The early missions coddle the player closely, and provide a comfortable introduction to the game's features. I want to baby you, and coddle you, and spoil you for the rest of my life. Some may think of us as a nanny state, given the way we coddle our citizens with free health care and equality provisions. Despite being coddled at the nursery with fertilizer and water, the plants face transplant stress. The D.A. of this county in New York takes on a system that she says coddles criminals. Being an intelligent child, she really resented the way that she was being coddled. Being the baby of the family he was coddled and treated like glass, as if he would break. I watched in amazement as the players were coddled and treated like gods. I'm not convinced we should coddle people who, by the time they reach the postdoc level, are so insecure they won't even apply for the jobs they actually want. They relocated eggs and birds to new areas and coddled them. Synonyms pamper, cosset, mollycoddle, wait on someone hand and foot, cater to someone's every whim 2Cook (an egg) in water below boiling point. Example sentencesExamples If you don't know how to coddle an egg, here's how: Poke a hole in the bottom with a pin. Eggs can be cooked easily and quickly in any number of pleasant ways - poached, fried, scrambled, boiled, coddled, baked and even deep-fried. Origin Late 16th century (in the sense ‘boil (fruit) gently’): origin uncertain; coddle (sense 1) is probably a dialect variant of obsolete caudle ‘administer invalids' gruel’, based on Latin caldum ‘hot drink’, from calidus ‘warm’.
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