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fondles

fondles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fondle.

fondles is the plural 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

Questions about fondles

What is fondles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fondles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fondle.

Words near fondles in the dictionary

  1. fondle
  2. fondleable
  3. fondled
  4. fondler
  5. fondlers
  6. fondles
  7. fondleslab
  8. fondleslabs
  9. fondlesome
  10. fondling
  11. fondlingly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fondles (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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