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3 meanings: 1. to treat with indulgence 2. to cook (something, esp eggs) in water just below the boiling point 3. Irish dialect.... Click for more definitions.
2. coddle - cook in nearly boiling water; "coddle eggs". cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife". cook - transform and make suitable for consumption by ...
coddle something to cook eggs in water slightly below boiling point Word Origin late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘boil (fruit) gently)’: origin uncertain; sense (1) is probably a dialect variant of obsolete caudle ‘administer invalids' gruel’, based on Latin caldum ‘hot drink’, from calidus ‘warm’.
coddle / ˈ kɑːdl̟/ verb. coddles; coddled; coddling. Britannica Dictionary definition of CODDLE. [+ object] disapproving. : to treat (someone) with too much care or kindness. She coddles [= pampers] her children. The judges were accused of coddling criminals.
CODDLING definition: 1. present participle of coddle 2. to cook food, especially eggs, in water just below boiling…. Learn more.
Coddle definition: To cook in water just below the boiling point.
2 days ago · coddle (third-person singular simple present coddles, present participle coddling, simple past and past participle coddled) ( transitive) To treat gently or with great care . How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas, walled up in inaccessible castles, with a tutor and a library, guarded by cordons ...
