FONDLES Synonyms

• a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)

• touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner

• using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)

• a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement

• a special loved one

• a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)

• preferred above all others and treated with partiality

• stroke or caress gently

• stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking

• (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand

• the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam

• a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain

• a light touch

• a light touch with the hands

• (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club

• the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew

• anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

• a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

• a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush

• any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing

• a single complete movement

• touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions

• strike a ball with a smooth blow

• row at a particular rate

• treat gingerly or carefully

• the act of grasping

• a tense critical situation

• a number of birds hatched at the same time

• a collection of things or persons to be handled together

• a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand

• a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism

• a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism

• take hold of; grab

• hold firmly, usually with one's hands

• affect

• move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees

• pet

• a mechanical device for gripping an object

• the act of catching an object with the hands

• take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of

• get hold of or seize quickly and easily

• make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand

• obtain illegally or unscrupulously

• take or grasp suddenly

• capture the attention or imagination of

• game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table

• using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)

• a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement

• a special loved one

• a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)

• preferred above all others and treated with partiality

• stroke or caress gently

• stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking

• alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance