croodling

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.

   Synonyms:

   butter up, cajole, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle, blandander, blandish, sweeten, fast-talk, canoodle

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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