canoodle

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So I say if you ` re going to canoodle with someone in the office, then don ` t do it with a subordinate.

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  1. intransitive verb To engage in caressing, petting, or lovemaking.
  2. transitive verb To win over or convince by cajoling or flattering; wheedle: "his matchless ability to charm, bamboozle, or canoodle most of his political associates” (Timothy Garton Ash).

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  • So I say if you ` re going to canoodle with someone in the office, then don ` t do it with a subordinate. —  CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2009
  • Didn't do sex - adopted six (?) kids but never, it seems, had so much as a canoodle with his wife and throughout their marriage slept in separate bedrooms. —  Jock's Place
  • Penguins sure are cute, but a whole movie about a bunch of birds who do nothing but march inland, canoodle, fish, lay eggs and huddle together for warmth among ferocious winter storms? —  Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
  • And while they continue to canoodle, Hailey has friends calling as fast as they can for freebies on her behalf. —  FOXNews.com
  • "Rendering me immobile while you canoodle with that lady of the law and-- —  Galaxy Jane
 

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  1. Akin to English dialectal canoodle, donkey, fool, one who is foolish in love.

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  1. Origin obscure.
 

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/kəˈnudl/
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