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How to pronounce coddle in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms baby, cocker, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil
Type of do by, handle, treat
Derivation coddler


Let's not mollycoddle our students!.
Type Words
Type of cook


coddle eggs.

Examples of coddle

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Corrigan said he told Wilson how much he cared about him but wouldn't coddle him.
From the newsobserver.com
If you want to coddle and pamper your athletes, then you won't have any issues.
From the post-gazette.com
Waits'songs, from dark postmodern blues shouts to beautiful ballads, don't coddle.
From the chron.com
He's known as a players'coach, but a coach who doesn't coddle players, either.
From the stltoday.com
The biggest and only challenge I heard of was the tendency to coddle the students.
From the forbes.com
Auriemma won't coddle his players and runs and offense that requires deft passing.
From the time.com
Coddle is a low-maintenance casserole of corned beef, potatoes, cabbage and onions.
From the suntimes.com
A policy agenda has existed for years in our Legislature to coddle prisoners.
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We are all living in a time where we coddle children to the point of injuring them.
From the ideas.time.com
More examples
  • Pamper: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
  • Cook in nearly boiling water; "coddle eggs"
  • (Coddling) In cooking, to coddle food is to heat it in water kept just below the boiling point. The term comes from the English verb to coddle, meaning to treat gently or pamper.
  • To treat gently or with great care; To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point
  • (Coddled) eggs refer to lightly cooked eggs, which mean they can be hardly cooked, partially ... of coddle, anyone make the eggs as desired. The other benefit of coddle eggs is that it not only lends ... a dish such as Caesar salad. There are two ways of coddling eggs where in one method ...
  • A cooking method in which foods (such as eggs) are put in separate containers and placed in a pan of simmering water for slow, gentle cooking.
  • To pour boiling water over eggs, allowing them to stand briefly before removing.
  • To cook food in simmering water for a very short time. This technique is used primarily to warm foods.
  • To poach or cook slowly in gently simmering liquid; as in coddled pears in a Mirin Ginger sauce.