canoodling

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English

Verb

canoodling

  1. present participle and gerund of canoodle

Noun

canoodling (plural canoodlings)

  1. Amorous pettings or caresses.
    • 1956, George Henry Hubert Lascelles Harewood (Earl of), Opera, volume 7, page 15:
      Admittedly one is spared the nauseating canoodlings of lovers whose lungs are manifestly greater than their love, which are so common in Wagner evenings
    • 2009 April 5, Jesse Mckinley, “Order a Mai Tai and Save Paradise”, in New York Times:
      Sure enough, with dark wood walls, thatched overhangs and a formidable totem at the front desk, the Tonga Room has also been the site of more than a few clandestine canoodlings, some of which were immortalized by Herb Caen, the famed San Francisco Chronicle columnist, who trumpeted the room’s happy hour and its famously strong mai tai.