canoodle

Meanings

Verb

fondle or pet affectionately
To caress, pet, feel up, or make love.
To cajole or persuade.

Noun

A cuddle, hug, or caress
A fool or foolish lover.
A donkey.

Origin / Etymology

Origin obscure. Probably from German knuddeln (“to cuddle”), related to German Knoten (“knot”) and originally meaning "embrace tightly". Compare also Swedish knulla (“to fuck”), Norwegian Bokmål knulle (“to fuck”), from Proto-Germanic *knuzlijaną (“beat, mash”) (compare the semantics of the Scandinavian cognates of fuck).
Folk etymology cites the use of two-person canoes (+ paddles) as an activity to escape the presence of a chaperon by couples during Victorian and Edwardian times, and the activities such privacy allowed.

Synonyms

canoodle, caress, chuckle, coax, cosset, dally, dandle, dawt, faddle, feel up, fond, fondle, grabble, grope, inveigle, nantle, pet, pettle, shift, smuggle, sweet-talk, tiddle, touch up, wheedle

Scrabble Score: 11

canoodle is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
canoodle is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
canoodle is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

canoodle is a valid Words With Friends word