Crossword clues for fondling
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fondling \Fon"dling\, n. [From Fondle.] The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness.
Cyrus made no . . . amorous fondling
To fan her pride, or melt her guardless heart.
--Mickle.
Fondle \Fon"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fondled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fondling.] [From Fond, v.] To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child.
Syn: Syn.- See Caress.
Fondling \Fond"ling\, n. [Fond + -ling.]
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A person or thing fondled or caressed; one treated with foolish or doting affection.
Fondlings are in danger to be made fools.
--L'Estrange. A fool; a simpleton; a ninny. [Obs.]
--Chapman.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context obsolete English) A foolish person. 2 A pet or person who is fondled; someone who is much loved. Etymology 2
n. The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness. vb. (present participle of fondle English)
WordNet
Usage examples of "fondling".
In the center of the barracks he found his key man, the obvious barracks bully, a monster of a man, naked, hairless, fondling two bawds and being fed whiskey by sycophants.
Rhine, where Farina sat, having on one hand Margarita, and at his feet three boys and one girl, over whom both bent lovingly, like the parent vine fondling its grape bunches in summer light.
Fentolin was busy fondling one of her dogs, which she had raised to her lap, and Hamel was watching her with a tolerant smile.
Possibly the quaint lines which nurses have long been given to repeat for the amusement of babies while fondling their infantine fingers bear a hidden meaning which pointedly imports the scrofulous taint.
Catching sight of several Jinnjirri fondling each other in the corner of the commons room as she and Mab entered, Timmer smiled with relief.
One after another she turned up to him the faces of the yellow, bursten flowers appealingly, fondling them lavishly all the while.
Jack, fondling the flat-brimmed cowpuncher model of affectionate predilection.
Sybille has seen them muttering prayers and fondling amulets whenever they accidentally touch one of the deads, and has occasionally detected an unguarded glance conveying unalloyed fear, possibly revulsion.
Unbelievably sensitized by all his fondling, she felt everything more intensely, more keenly, more pleasurably, and her orgasm broke over her like the tide, radiating long and slow from deep in her womb until it cracked all over his pistonlike thrusts and brought him home.
Fondling and kissing and whispering and chuckling under the covers, the two young girls sharing secrets and dreams and wants, pretending to be grown-up lovers--as described in the romantic but forbidden street pamphlets that were smuggled in by the chambermaids and circulated from hand to hand amongst the students--all make-believe and healthy and amusing and harmless.
He scooted closer and took her hand in his, his thumb nervously fondling the tops of her fingers.
One after another she turned up to him the faces of the yellow, bursten flowers appealingly, fondling them lavishly all the while.
I reached into his shorts, gently fondling his hard boycock and fishing it out.
He was leaning back in his chair, fondling his chald, a smile playing around his lips.
The cublike creature, to whom Fafhrd's fondling and the wine had imparted the seeds of self-confidence, lurched drunkenly at it, and the mouse began a squeaking scurry toward the wall.