Reverse Dictionary: FO – FON

FOAM – nouns
– BEGGAR’S BALM foam or froth collected on water …1870 Eng. dial.
– BEGGAR’S BARM foam or froth collected on water …1870 Eng. dial.
– MANTLE † the foam that covers the surface of liquor …1601
– NAP the head or foam on a glass of ale; ale, strong beer …1804 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SAPPLE soap suds, foam-bubbles …1887 Sc.
– YEAST † foam or froth, as of troubled water …1611
foam – verbs
– HEAD UP to froth, to foam …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– IMBOST †* to foam, as a result of hard running …1590
– REAM to foam, to froth; to bubble; to overflow …1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SUD † to foam …1603
 
FOAMING – adjectives
– IMBOSTED † foaming at the mouth, like a madman …1628
– REAMING foaming, frothing; brimful, overflowing …1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SUDDING † foaming …1633
 
FOAMY – adjectives
– YEASTY foamy, frothy, like troubled water …1605
 
FOCUS – verbs
– KEEP ONE’S EYES ON THE PRIZE to remain focused on the main aim of one’s activities or efforts …1628
 
FOE – see ENEMY
 
FOETUS – nouns
– BACHELOR’S BUTTONS a foetus, presumably of an illegitimate child …L16 sl.
 
FOG, FOGGY – adjectives
– DAMPISH † vaporous, foggy, misty …1577
– DAMPY † full of vapour or mist; foggy …1600
– DAWNY foggy …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DEGGY drizzly, foggy …B1900 Eng. dial.  
– FOGGISH † somewhat foggy or misty …1686
– GOLLIWOGGY foggy …1998 UK rhyming sl.
– GOLLY foggy …1998 UK sl.
– HAARY misty, foggy …1818 Sc.
– HAURY misty, foggy …1818 Sc.
– MAGY foggy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MILKY of the weather: foggy …1967 Amer. dial.
– MISKY misty, foggy …1873 Eng. dial.  
– MISTY-MOISTY of the weather: misty, foggy; threatening rain …1856 Amer. dial.
– MOKEY of weather: foggy, hazy …1938 Amer. dial.
– MOKY of weather: foggy, hazy …1938 Amer. dial.
– NEBULOSE †* resembling a cloud or mist; inclined to be foggy or misty …c1420
– NEBULOUS * cloudy, foggy, misty, dank …1386
– RAGGLY foggy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAWK misty, foggy …B1900 Sc.
– RAWKY misty, foggy, damp, raw and cold …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– REEKY steaming; foggy …1843 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ROKY foggy, misty …LME now Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCUDDY misty, showery, foggy …B1900 Eng. dial.
– STRUNTY misty, foggy …1879 Sc.& Eng. dial.
– THICK of the weather: cloudy, misty, foggy …1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– WACHIE clammy, wet; foggy …Bk1905 Sc.
fog, foggy – nouns
– ASK drizzle, fog …Bk1898 Sc.
– DAG a wet fog, a mist …1808 Eng. dial.
– DAMP † visible vapour; fog, mist …1601
– GOLLIWOG fog …1998 UK rhyming sl.
– GOLLY fog …1998 UK sl.
– HAAR a wet mist or fog; esp. applied on the east coast of England and Scotland, from Lincolnshire northwards, to a cold sea-fog …1671 Eng. dial.
– HADDER a heavy mist or bank of fog …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HAG a thick white mist or fog …1794 Eng. dial.
– HARL(E) a mist, a fog or drizzle coming up with the tide from the sea …1721 Eng. dial.
– HARR sea fog …1662
– JERRY a fog, or mist …1819 thieves’ sl.
– LAND-REAK fog arising from the ground …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LAND-ROAK fog arising from the ground …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– MILLDEW wet, rain, fog; cold raw weather …1900 Sc.
– MISK a mist, a fog …1881 Eng. dial. 
– MOKE a mist, a fog; thick, close, foggy weather …1866 Eng. dial.
– MUG a mist, a fog; a light rain or drizzle; a dull, damp, or gloomy atmosphere …a1728 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MULL a thick fog …1975 Amer. dial.
– NEBULA fog, mist …1894
– NEBULE a cloud; a mist or fog …c1420
– PARL a thick mist, a fog …1818 Sc.
– PARLE a thick mist, a fog …1818 Sc.
– PAROLE DUST fog (which aids in escape) …1976 US prison sl.
– PEA SOUP a thick fog, esp. one playing London …1849 sl.
– PEA SOUPER a thick fog, esp. one playing London …1849 sl.
– POGONIP a dense, icy fog …1869 Amer. dial.
– RACK † driving mist or fog …a1300
– RAG fog, mist, accompanied by drizzling rain …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAWK a mist, a sea fog …1854 Eng. dial.
– REEK a smoke-like vapour; steam, fog, mist; also, dust …1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ROKE mist, fog; drizzle …ME now Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCOTCH MIST a drizzling rain or heavy fog …1844 Amer. dial.
– SMIRR a drizzle or wet mist; a fog almost as heavy as a rain …1914 Amer. dial.
– SMUR(R) a drizzle or wet mist; a fog almost as heavy as a rain …1914 Amer. dial.
– SOUP fog; thick cloud …1901
– THICKNESS fog, mist …1898 Sc.
– TULE FOG a typically shallow but very dense fog that forms over marshy areas …1902 Amer. dial.
– WEATHER FALL a period of rain, snow, hail, or heavy fog …1965 Amer. dial.
fog, foggy – verbs
– DAMP † to envelop in a fog or mist …1629
– FIRE UP of fog: to dissipate …1967 Amer. dial.
– HASE, HAZE to drizzle; to be foggy …1830 Eng. dial.
– RAG to be foggy; to rain slightly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAWK to grow misty; to become foggy …B1900 Eng. dial.
– ROKE † to be foggy or misty; to drizzle …E17 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SMIRR UP to become foggy or cloudy …1914 Amer. dial.
– SMURR UP to become foggy or cloudy …1914 Amer. dial.
 
FOGHORN – nouns
– GROANER a whistling buoy or foghorn …1903 Amer. dial.
– GRUNTER a two-toned foghorn …1975 Amer. dial.
 
FOG WARNING – nouns
– CRACKER a fog-warning detonator …20C railwaymen’s sl.
 
FOIBLE – nouns
– FEEBLE a moral weakness, a foible …1678
 
FOIL – verbs
– BEGUILE † to cheat hopes, expectations, aims, or a person in them; to trick; to disappoint, to deprive of, to foil …1483 obs. exc. Sc.
 
FOLD – nouns
– BINK a crease, a fold …Bk1911 Sc. 
– CRIMPLE † a crease, wrinkle, or fold; a crinkle …c1440 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
– FAIK a fold of anything, as a ply of a garment …1710 Sc.
– IMPLEXURE †* an enfolding, a fold …1578
– LAP a wrapping round, a fold or coil …1880 Sc.
– WRIMPLE † a crease or fold; a wrinkle …1499
fold – verbs
– BEFRUMPLE † to crease into frumples or clumsy folds …1611
– FAIK to fold, to tuck up …Bk1901 Sc.
– FURDEL, FURDLE † to furl or fold …1594
– GATHER * to form folds or wrinkles …1816
– THRUM to entangle; to enwrap in a careless manner; to fold or put aside carelessly …Bk1905 Sc.
 
FOLDED – adjectives
– IMPLICIT † entangled, entwined, folded, or twisted together; involved …1608
– YFOLDEN † folded; closed …c1000
 
FOLK TALE – nouns
– NANCY-STORY a folk-tale or fairy-tale of type popular among the Black people of the Gold Coast and the West Indies …a1818
– NANCY-TALE a folk-tale or fairy-tale of type popular among the Black people of the Gold Coast and the West Indies …1891
 
FOLLOW – nouns
– BELL-WETHERISHNESS tendency to follow one who takes the lead …1882
– SUCCEDENT † a thing that follows another …c1440
follow – person  (includes FOLLOWER) 
– ABDIEL a faithful follower of a cause …Bk1903 
– ACHATES a devoted follower; a loyal friend and companion …1582 literary
– ACOLYTE an attendant or junior assistant in any ceremony or operation; also, a devoted follower or admirer; a novice or neophyte …1623
– ADHERENT one who adheres to a person, party, or system; a partisan, a follower, a steadfast supporter; a loyalist …1426
– ANTHONY PIG one who follows close at heel …1811 Eng. dial.
– BACKMAN †* a follower, a retainer, an attendant …c1560
– BARNACLE a companion or follower that sticks close, and will not be dismissed; a constant attendant …1607
– BELONGER † a person who is dependent on another; an adherent; a follower …1577
– CABOOSE a person who continually follows along behind; a hanger-on; someone bringing up the rear  …19C US sl.
– DANGLER a hanger-on, a dallying follower; one who hangs or hovers about a woman …1727 arch.
– FAVOURITE † one who countenances, encourages, or supports; a well-wisher, friend, or follower …1585-7
– FIDUS ACHATES a devoted follower; a loyal friend and companion …1582 literary
– FOLLOW-POT somebody who always follows along behind others …1965 Amer. dial.
– GHOSTER one who follows another person or hangs about for the purpose of asking for something …Bk1880 N. Ireland
– GO-BEHIND a tagalong; one who always follows along behind others …1969 Amer. dial.
– HANGER-ON a follower or dependant; a parasite …1549
– HEELCHASER a person who follows at the heels of another …1997
– HENCHMAN the personal attendant, ‘right-hand man’, or chief gillie of a Highland chief; hence, generally, a trusty follower or attendant who stands by the side of his chief or leader, and supports him in every case of need …1754
– JACKAL a toadying follower and supporter …Bk1958 Eng. sl.
– LACKEY, LACQUEY † a constant follower …1588
– LAG-ALONG a tagalong; one who always follows along behind others …1966 Amer. dial. 
– LAG-BEHIND a tagalong; one who always follows along behind others …1966 Amer. dial.
– MENYIE a retinue, a train of followers, a suite; a company of followers, a procession …1721 Sc.
– MENZIE a retinue, a train of followers, a suite; a company of followers, a procession …1721 Sc.
– PENNY-DOG a tagalong; a toady; a hanger-on; a servile follower …1953 Amer. dial.
– PENNY-PUP a tagalong; a toady; a hanger-on; a servile follower …1967 Amer. dial.
– POKE somebody who always follows along behind others …1965 Amer. dial.
– RUNNING DOG a person who is subservient to a foreign power, esp. to one that threatens revolutionary interests; later, generally, a servile follower, a lackey …1925
– SUER † a follower, a disciple …c1380 
– SUITOR † one of a retinue or suite; hence, an adherent, a follower …c1380
– TAG-TAIL a tagalong; a servile flatterer; one who curries favour; a sycophant; a parasite; a hanger-on; somebody who always follows along behind; one who lags behind …1834 
– TAIL a person who is following someone else closely and secretly …1914 US sl.
– WAGALONG a tagalong; someone who follows along behind others …1965 Amer. dial.
– ZANY * an attendant, follower, companion, or assistant; almost always contemptuous; sometimes, a hanger-on, a parasite. a servile flatterer …1601 rare or arch.
follow – verbs
– ADRIVE † to drive away, to chase, to pursue, to follow up …a1000
– AFTER-GANG to follow …1768 Sc.
– BEDOG to follow about like a dog, to dog …1858
– CAMP ON ONE’S TRAIL to follow or remind someone persistently …1882 Amer. dial.
– DAILY MAIL to tail, to follow …20C Brit. rhyming sl.
– DANCE AFTER A PERSON’S PIPE to follow his lead, to act after his desire or instigation …1562
– DANCE AFTER A PERSON’S WHISTLE to follow his lead, to act after his desire or instigation …1823
– DANCE TO A PERSON’S WHISTLE to follow his lead; to unquestionably obey …c1560 sl.
– DOG to follow someone …Bk2006 US sl.
– DOG-DANCE to give the impression that you are following someone very closely …1965 Barbados usage
– FALL ON THE NECK OF SOMETHING to follow it quickly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– FOLLOW LIKE A TANTONY PIG to follow close at heel; to stick close to one  …1811 Eng. dial.
– FOLLOW ONE AROUND LIKE A PENNY DOG to tag along, to follow persistently …2001 Amer. dial.
– HAMMER (AND NAIL) to tail, to follow …1961 UK rhyming sl.
– HARK AFTER to follow …1899 Amer. dial.
– PENNY AFTER to follow persistently, to tag along …2001 Amer. dial.
– PENNY-DOG to follow persistently; to fawn on; to pester; to toady, to curry favour …1914 Amer. dial.
– PENNY-FEIST to follow persistently; to fawn on; to pester; to toady, to curry favour …1939 Amer. dial.
– PIGTAIL to tag along; to follow …1942 Amer. sl.
– SUCCEED † to follow, to walk after …c1485
– SUE 1. † to follow a person or thing in motion …c1290
2. † to take as guide, leader or pattern; to follow as a disciple or imitator …a1300
3. † to follow a person’s steps, a track, or path …c1380
– SUIT † to pursue, to follow …1581 Sc.
– TAB to follow a person; to place someone under surveillance …1920s sl.
– TAG to trail or drag behind; to follow closely …1676
– TAIL to follow a criminal, suspect, etc. secretly …1907 sl., orig. US
– TAILGATE to follow, esp. of things that are endlessly repetitive …1970s sl.
– TAIL OFF to follow or shadow a person …1931 UK sl.
– TAIL UP to follow, as a detective follows a criminal …c1910 UK criminals’ sl.
– TAKE A COURSE WITH to follow closely …E17 sl.
– TANTONY † to follow closely …1675
– VAMP ABOUT to follow or hang about; to waste time on small errands …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
follow – phrases
– DANCE TO A PERSON’S PIPE to follow his lead; to act after his desire or instigation …1562
– DANCE TO A PERSON’S WHISTLE to follow his lead; to act after his desire or instigation …1823
– SNEEZE EVERY TIME ANOTHER TAKES SNUFF to follow another’s lead in servile fashion …Bk1913 Amer. dial.
 
FOLLOWING – adjectives
– ON SOMEONE’S DAILY following someone close behind …1920s sl.
– PEDISSEQUOUS † following, attendant upon something …1657
– SUANT † following, ensuing …1422
– SUCCEDENT † following, succeeding, subsequent …c1450 now obs. or rare
– SUING †* following …1388
– UP SOMEONE’S DAILY following someone close behind …1920s sl.
following – nouns 
– SUBSEQUENCY †* the fact or condition of following …1705
– SUING † the following of a person or thing; the pursuance of a course of action; the carrying out or execution of something …1297
– TO-DRAUGHT †* a following, train, retinue …a1300
 
FOLLY – nouns
– ADDLE-HEADEDNESS fatuity, foolishness, folly …1835
– DAFF † folly, stupidity …1728 Sc.
– DAFFERY † folly, foolishness, gaiety, sportiveness; thoughtlessness …1768 Sc.
– DAFFING gaiety, sportiveness, fooling, folly …1787 Sc.
– DAFFRY † folly, foolishness; thoughtlessness …1768 Sc.
– DUSILEC † foolishness; folly …a1225
– DUSISCHIP † foolishness; folly …a1225
– FATUITY folly, silliness, stupidity; infatuation …1648
– FATUOSITY †* folly, silliness, stupidity; infatuation …1681
– FOLABILITY †* foolishness, folly …a1529 
​- GABY folly, idiocy …B1900 Eng. dial.
– GUCKRY † foolishness, folly …1596 Sc.
– HAIVER a piece of folly or nonsense; a whim, a piece of foolishness …1793 Sc.
– IDIOTRY idiocy, folly …1887 Sc.
– IDLENESS †* light-headedness, imbecility; delirium; also, folly, foolishness, silliness …a1536
– IMPERTINENCES something unsuitable, out of place, trivial, or irrational; an incongruity; a trifle, absurdity, piece of folly …1603
– JACKASSERY gross folly or stupidity …1833
– JACKASSISM gross folly or stupidity …a1845 nonce word
– MACARONI nonsense; folly …1924 Aust. sl.
– MADDERAM madness, folly, frantic rage, tantrums; boisterous fun, wild pranks, hilarity …1866 Sc.
– MADDERDOM madness, folly, frantic rage, tantrums; boisterous fun, wild pranks, hilarity …1866 Sc.
– MAGGOTRY † folly, absurdity …1706
– MOROLOGY † a silly speech, foolish talking; folly, nonsense …1596
– RAGE † madness, folly, rashness; an instance of this; a foolish act …a1300
– SAPPINESS foolishness, folly …Bk1914 colloq.
– UNWISDOMNESS † folly …c1200
– UNWITSHIP † folly …a1240
– VECORD * madness, trouble of mind, folly, doting …1788
– VECORDY * madness, trouble of mind, folly, doting …1656
– SIMPLES † foolish or silly behaviour or conduct; foolishness, folly …1648 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SOTTERY † a piece of foolishness or folly …1598
– TRIM-TRAM † an absurd or silly device or practice; an absurdity; a piece of folly or nonsense …1533
folly – verbs
– BE CUT FOR THE SIMPLES to be cured of one’s folly; applied to one who has been guilty of some foolish act …a1700 Eng. dial., orig. sl.
– SOW ONE’S WILD OATS to commit youthful excesses or follies …1576
– SOW THE WIND AND REAP THE WHIRLWIND to indulge in reckless wickedness or folly and suffer the disastrous consequences …1382
 
FOND – adjectives
– AFFECTIONATED † having warm regard or love, loving, fond, tenderly-disposed …1580
– AFFECTIONED † loving, fond; affectionate …1578
– BIG ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1867 orig. & chiefly US
– CRAZY ABOUT fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation …1904
– DAFT fond, doting; extremely eager ….1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– DEAD NUTS ON very fond of …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
– DEAD ON very fond of; determined to do something …M19 sl.
– DEATH FOR very fond of …M19 sl.
– DEATH ON very fond of …M19 sl.
– DOTING excessively fond
– FAIN fond, affectionate; in love …1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– FAINSOME fond …Bk1900 N. Eng. dial.
– HIGH ON fond of; liking …1930s sl., orig. US
– HIPPED ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1920 orig. US
– HOT ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1865
– INTO fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1969
– JEALOUS † ardently amorous; covetous of the love of another, fond, lustful …c1430
– KEEN ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation …1889
– KIPPERSOME amorous, fond …1859 Eng. dial.
– MAD ABOUT enthusiastic about; fond of; having a strong liking for; sexually infatuated …1744 UK
– MAD KEEN ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1949
– MALLY † foolishly fond …1592
– NUTS ABOUT fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation …1785
– NUTS ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation …1785
– PARTIAL kind, fond …1897 Eng. dial.
– PARTIAL TO having a fondness or liking for something …1696 UK
– POTTY ABOUT fond of; enthusiastic about; liking; often implying sexual infatuation …1923
– SOLD ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1928 orig. US
– STOKED ON fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1963 orig. & chiefly surfing sl.
– TICK loving, fond …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TID fond of, attached to; careful of, solicitous about …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TIDD fond of, attached to; careful of, solicitous about …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TIT † dear, beloved; fond …c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– WILD ABOUT fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1868
fond – verbs
– BE KEEN OF to be eager to, to be fond of, to be have a liking for …1788 Sc.
– HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR to be sentimentally fond
– MADDLE † to be dotingly fond of  …c1540 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– MADDLE AFTER to be fond of, to dote, to be madly in love with …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
FONDLE – person
– OCTOPUS among women: a man who makes excessive attempts to fondle a woman, as on a date …1932 Amer. sl.
fondle – verbs 
– CADDLE to pet, to fondle, to coax, to coddle …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CADE to pet, to fondle, to indulge, to spoil …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CADEL to pet, to fondle, to coax, to coddle …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CADLE to pet, to fondle, to coax, to coddle …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CANOODLE to fondle; to indulge in endearments …1859 Amer. sl.
– CUTTER to fondle, to make much of …1763 Eng. dial.
– DAIDLE to fondle a child, to toss it on the knee …1928 Sc.
– DANDLE to make much of, to pet, to fondle, to pamper …1575
– DANTLE to dandle, to toss on the knee, to fondle …1805 Eng. dial.
– DAUNT † to dandle, to fondle, to caress …1303
– DAUNTLE to dandle, to fondle, to caress …1790 Eng. dial.
– DAUT to pet, to fondle, to caress, to make much of …1500-20 Sc.
– DAWL to coax, to fondle, to stroke gently with the hand …1879 Eng. dial.
– DAWNTLE to dandle, to fondle, to caress …1790 Eng. dial.
– DAWT to pet, to fondle, to caress, to make much of …1500-20 Sc.
– DELT to treat with great care and attention; to caress, to fondle …1890 Sc.
– FAIK † to fondle, to caress …1880 Sc.
– FAUN † to caress, to fondle …1821 Sc.
– FEEL UP to fondle a person without their consent, for one’s own sexual stimulation …M20 colloq.
– FIRKY-TOODLE to caress; to cuddle or fondle; to indulge in sexual or physically intimate endearments …18C Brit. sl.
– FLOOSTER to flatter, coax, wheedle; to fondle, to make much of …1890 Ireland
– HANDLE to pet; to fondle …20C US sl.
– HAUNCH to fondle, to pet …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– INGLE to fondle, to cherish, to caress …1599 Eng. dial.
– KAITLE † to fondle, to cuddle …1797 Sc.
– KIDOODLE to fondle, to caress; to ‘spoon’ …1859 Amer. dial.
– MUCK ABOUT to fondle intimately …1930s sl.
– MUG to kiss, to fondle, to embrace …1822 Aust. & NZ sl.
– MUG UP kiss, to fondle, to embrace …1957 Aust.& NZ sl.
– NANTLE to caress, to fondle; to nurse in a playful manner; to toy with anything …1874 Eng. dial.
– NUG to fondle a woman …17C Brit. colloq.
– PADDLE to caress sexually; to fondle a woman sexually …16C colloq.
– QUIMBLE AND QUAMBLE to fondle, to caress, to say nice things …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SAMPLE to fondle a woman sexually …19C colloq.
– SMOUSE to fondle; to caress …1886 Eng. dial.
– STROKE to fondle; to caress a woman …19C Brit. colloq.
– TAN to touch; to fondle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TANTLE to pet, to fondle, to caress; to humour a child; to pay much attention to; to nurse and feed with care …1898 Eng. dial.
– TICK to fondle, to caress; to toy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TIDDLE † to fondle or indulge to excess; to pet, to pamper; to tend carefully, to nurse, to cherish …1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.
– TITTLE † to fondle or indulge to excess; to pet, to pamper; to tend carefully, to nurse, to cherish …1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– TONTLE to pet, to fondle, to caress; to humour a child; to pay much attention to; to nurse and feed with care …1898 Eng. dial.
– WREATHE ROUND to caress or fondle someone sexually …Brit. sl.
 
FONDLING – adjectives
– CARESSANT * caressing, fondling …1861 rare & poetic
fondling – nouns 
– MAKING a petting, fondling, caressing …Bk1905 Sc.
– WRIGGLE-DIGGLE petting, mutual fondling; hence, sexual intercourse …1960s sl.
 
FONDLY – adverbs
– AFFECTUALLY † lovingly, fondly; affectionately …1447
– VOGIE fondly, kindly …1878 Sc.
 
FONDNESS – nouns
– AFFECTATION † inclination towards, affection, liking, fondness of …1607
– FAINNESS liking, love, affection, fondness …c1779 Sc.
– LOVESHIP fondness, liking …1955 Amer. dial.
fondness – verbs 
– BLINK to look with pleasure or fondness …Bk1911 Sc.
– HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR to have a fondness for; to like, to enjoy, to approve of; to be sentimentally fond …1902