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US
/ˈkɑdəɫ/
]
[ UK /kˈɒdəl/ ]
[ UK /kˈɒdəl/ ]
VERB
-
cook in nearly boiling water
coddle eggs -
treat with excessive indulgence
grandparents often pamper the children
Let's not mollycoddle our students!
How To Use coddle In A Sentence
- Wanting to see the law respected is not the same as wanting to "coddle" our enemies. Borger: CIA flap a huge headache for Obama
- And because the kids are such "coddled," "narcissistic praise junkies," they'll be beyond tough to bring into the military. Boing Boing
- The steel industry is coddled by trade protection and massive subsidies.
- Look Sarah, I am sorry if you think it is the right thing to do to "coddle" a person under the age of 18 by treating them with "kids gloves" in your response to them on here. Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles
- He was becoming a mollycoddle and a coward, she said, and it was time he stood on his own feet. HE SHALL THUNDER IN THE SKY
- Look Sarah, I am sorry if you think it is the right thing to do to "coddle" a person under ... Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles
- Let's not mollycoddle our students!
- Japan's courts also appear unwilling to erect barriers to coddle the Old Guard.
- It's as if moviegoers have been coddled by the comforting filters and film stock of major motion pictures over the years.
- They relocated eggs and birds to new areas and coddled them.
