noun
Meaning 1
A bird's coo, especially that of a dove.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
croodle
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Sound
Pronunciation
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verb
Meaning 2
To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 3
To fawn or coax.
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Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: butter up, cajole, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle, blandander, blandish, fast-talk, canoodle, carny, coax, collogue, croodle, engle, fleech, honey around, honey up, hum, ingle, soap, soft-sawder, soft-soap, stroke, tweedle, twist, whilly, word, apple-polish, bootlick, bow and scrape, brownnose, dickride, duchess, fawn, fawn over, fellate, flannel, kiss someone's ass, kiss someone's ring, kiss up, kowtow, lick someone's ass, lick someone's balls, overflatter, overpraise, overrate, suck up, toady
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verb
Meaning 4
To make a cooing sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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History
Etymology
Onomatopoeic "croo" + -le.
Compare cruddle, crudle.