OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 42086

canoodle

/kəˈnuːdl̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
abrazar • acarisear
Of a person: to caress, fondle, or pet another person; of two people: to caress, fondle, or pet each other; also, to have sexual intercourse; to make love.
Gerald Arbuthnot sat with her in the library all the time Jim was upstairs dying and they canoodled together on the sofa in front of the fire.
Young Robin and my daughter. / ‘Canoodling’ too. This must lead to manslaughter.