Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To touch or stroke lovingly.

    Mothers fondle their babies.

    idly fondling the cat's ears

    liebkosen, kosen

    ласка́тьlaskátʹ, гла́дитьgláditʹ, ти́скатьtískatʹ

    touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner

  2. (transitive)To grasp.

    The lovers fondled each other.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. Tom's rough fondling got me soaking wet.

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  2. She was fondling the cat.

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  3. Yanni was fondling Skura's breasts and masturbating.

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  4. Skura woke up to find Yanni fondling her.

    ruПроснувшись, Скура увидела, что Янни её тискает. — Ooneykcall

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  5. If you leave, I'll tell all the world you fondle me while I sleep.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to touch or stroke lovingly:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to touch or stroke lovingly:

Forms

fondles, fondling, fondled, fondled
Base formfondle · to fondle
3rd person singularfondles
Present participlefondling
Past simplefondled
Past participlefondled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfondle
he, she, itfondles

Past simpleLesson

all personsfondled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fondled
he, she, ithas fondled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fondle

Synonyms

45 synonyms
petA1clutchC1grabB1clenchC1clinchC2graspB2gripB2holdA2seizeB1takeA1chuckleB1coaxC2cossetC2fondB1
Close in meaning
  • touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner:caress

Word family

10 related words
RelatedmassageB2make outfondling
Derivedfondleablefondlerfondleslabfondlesomefondlinglyoverfondleunfondled

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fomentfondB1fondlyB2fondnessB1fondue

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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