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canoodles

canoodles is the plural of canoodle.

canoodles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of canoodle.

Meaning of canoodle

Noun (1)

canoodle (plural canoodles)

  1. (slang) A caress, a cuddle, a hug.
    • She got on with the crewmen, all of whom liked her and at least one of whom, Pinky Montmorency, took more than a casual interest in her. Probably a bit of a canoodle now and then in the room behind the office.1980, Peter De Vries, chapter 1, in Consenting Adults or The Duchess will be Furious […], Boston, Mass.; Toronto, Ont.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 6

Noun (2)

canoodle (plural canoodles)

  1. (slang) A donkey.
  2. (slang) A foolish lover; also (generally) a fool.

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Questions about canoodles

What is canoodles the plural of?
Canoodles is the plural of canoodle.

Words near canoodles in the dictionary

  1. canoo
  2. canoodle
  3. canoodled
  4. canoodler
  5. canoodlers
  6. canoodles
  7. canoodling
  8. canoodlings
  9. canoos
  10. canophile
  11. canophiles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: canoodles (page history and authors); canoodle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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