coddle in English

verb

1

treat in an indulgent or overprotective way.

I was coddled and cosseted

synonyms: pamper, cosset, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge, overindulge, pander to, baby, mother, wait on hand and foot

2

cook (an egg) in water below the boiling point.

If you don't know how to coddle an egg, here's how: Poke a hole in the bottom with a pin.

verb

• pamper, cosset, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge, overindulge, pander to, baby, mother, wait on hand and foot
• featherbed, cocker, indulge, mollycoddle, baby, spoil, cosset, pamper

Use "coddle" in a sentence

1. Today we coddle our computers.

2. Nor does he coddle his players.

3. Don't coddle the child - he's fine!

4. I would not coddle the child"."

5. Many people coddle their children too much.

6. Teach him gently , World, but don't coddle him.

7. And they coddle reporters in a warm cocoon of perquisites.

8. Cosset definition, to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle

9. An America that will not coddle tyrants, from Baghdad to Beijing.

10. This is also a small mouth opening to coddle the broken hand.

11. I love to coddle babies. I have a little one of my own.

12. Teach him gently, World, but don't coddle him, because only the test of fine steel.

13. Family are not just people who coddle you, who grant you your every whim.

14. Discouraging words for those who believe that a college's job is to educate, not coddle.

15. Clinton said he would not "coddle the butchers of Beijing" but negotiated China's entry into the W.

16. Clinton said he would not "coddle the butchers of Beijing" but negotiated China's entry into the W.T.O.

17. Adjective Cosseted pampered; spoilt 3; verb with object Cosseted to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle

18. If we coddle them when they’re younger, what happens when they get into the real world?

19. Teach him gently, World, but don't coddle him, because only the test of fire makes fine steel.

20. Cairne Bloodhoof: Ha! There's no need to coddle me, boy. I may be old,(Sentencedict.com) but I'm not helpless.

21. Lihas done China's business community a greater service thanthelegions of businessmen who coddle ill-conceived practicestowin Beijing's favor.

22. Cosset: 1 v treat with excessive indulgence Synonyms: baby , cocker , coddle , featherbed , indulge , mollycoddle , pamper , spoil Type of: do by , handle , treat

23. While startups and tech behemoths continue to coddle tech workers in post-adolescent utopias, many Brogrammers are evolving into cultured, grown-up …

24. The program they chose was geared for college kids and adults, so it did little to coddle the volunteers -- or his anxious parents.

25. Bumpy, Squishy, Molly Coddle and the various household monsters who make sure their humans are protected from dirty socks and other scary things.

26. A professor who studies this phenomenon, Dr. Mel Levine, believes that students aren’t prepared for the workforce because parents and schools coddle them.

27. Present tense third-person singular of coddle Synonyms & Antonyms of Coddles 1 to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam a hearty, traditional breakfast that included coddled eggs

28. Present participle of coddle Synonyms & Antonyms of Coddling (Entry 2 of 2) 1 to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam a hearty, traditional breakfast that included coddled eggs