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croodled

croodled is the simple past and past participle of croodle.

Meaning of croodle

Verb (1)

croodle (third-person singular simple present croodles, present participle croodling, simple past and past participle croodled)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw.
    • Far ben thy dark green plantin's shade
      The cushat croodles am'rouslya. 1810, Robert Tannahill, The Wood O' Craigie Lea
  2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) To fawn or coax.

Verb (2)

croodle (third-person singular simple present croodles, present participle croodling, simple past and past participle croodled)

  1. (dialectal) To make a cooing sound.
    • Too dark to see well, but judge from movements of old bird's head and croodling noise.1899, Zoologist

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Questions about croodled

What is croodled the simple past and past participle of?
Croodled is the simple past and past participle of croodle.

Words near croodled in the dictionary

  1. cronyists
  2. cronynomics
  3. croobeen
  4. Crooble
  5. croodle
  6. croodled
  7. croodles
  8. croodling
  9. crook
  10. crook and nanny
  11. crook as Rookwood

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