Associations to the word «Fondling»

Wiktionary

FONDLING, noun. (obsolete) A foolish person.
FONDLING, noun. A pet or person who is fondled; someone who is much loved.
FONDLING, verb. Present participle of fondle
FONDLING, noun. The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness.

Dictionary definition

FONDLING, noun. Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs).

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne