croodle verb 3noun 1forms 3 verb3 •(dialect) To make a cooing sound.Too dark to see well, but judge from movements of old bird's head and croodling noise. — 1899 •(dialect, no longer used) To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw.Far ben thy dark green plantin's shade The cushat croodles am'rously — 1810 •(dialect, no longer used) To fawn or coax. noun1 •A bird's coo, especially that of a dove.[A]nd no sound falls on my ears, except the distant roar of a passing train, the song of linnets, and croodle of turtle-dove and cushat. — 1888 formscroodled · croodling · croodles
