canoodleとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

動詞

canoodle (三人称単数 現在形 canoodles, 現在分詞 canoodling, 過去形および過去分詞形 canoodled)

1. To caress, pet, feel up, or make love.

   He’s got a big smile on his face; who’s he been canoodling recently?

   • 2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 7 December 2017:

     As Norah Jones coos sweet nothings on the soundtrack, the happy couple—played by Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler—canoodle through a Manhattan montage, making pasta for two, swimming through a pile of autumn leaves, and horsing around at a fruit stand.

2. To cajole or persuade.
   • 1900, Pidgin, Charles Felton, Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks - A Picture of New England Home Life:

     He canoodled my husband into believin' that the end of the world was comin' and it was his duty to give all his property away.

同意語

• (to caress): touch up, grope; see also Thesaurus:fondle
• (to cajole): coax, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle