Verb: coddle kó-d(u)l
- Treat with excessive indulgence
"grandparents often coddle the children";
- pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker [rare], baby, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge, overindulge, nanny [informal]
- (cooking) cook in nearly boiling water
"coddle eggs"
Derived forms: coddled, coddles, coddling
Type of: cook, do by [Brit], handle, treat
Encyclopedia: Coddle