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fondled

fondled is the simple past and past participle of fondle.

Meaning of fondle

Verb

fondle (third-person singular simple present fondles, present participle fondling, simple past and past participle fondled)

  1. (transitive) To touch or stroke lovingly.
    • Mothers fondle their babies.
    Synonyms:
    dandle, pet, touch up
  2. (transitive) To grasp.
    • The lovers fondled each other.

See all 3 meanings of fondle

Words formed from fondled

Questions about fondled

What is fondled the simple past and past participle of?
Fondled is the simple past and past participle of fondle.

Words near fondled in the dictionary

  1. Fondhoo
  2. fonding
  3. fondish
  4. fondle
  5. fondleable
  6. fondled
  7. fondler
  8. fondlers
  9. fondles
  10. fondleslab
  11. fondleslabs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fondled (page history and authors); fondle (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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