as in to spoil
to treat with great or excessive care
overjoyed to be parents at last, they will likely cocker that child shamelessly
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cocker
Verb
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Dodge won't spoil the surprise by confirming if the last one will be based on the Charger or the Challenger (or maybe both), but the evidence suggests the latter is more likely.—
Jack Fitzgerald,
Car and Driver,
13 Feb. 2023 -
Farmers’ broiler chickens suffocate, and dairy products spoil.—
Monica Mark,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Feb. 2023
Verb
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While Sir Alex Ferguson and his players were still nursing hangovers from their epic Champions League final victory over Bayern Munich in May 1999, Cunha came into the world in the Brazilian state of Paraiba.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Signs of a successful feeding routine include: Your newborn is nursing often.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
26 May 2025
Verb
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Be babied by him with back rubs, head scratches and order fast food for dinner.—
Emily St. Martin,
Oc Register,
9 May 2025
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But Vance thinks the real problem is that people just aren’t babying hard enough.—
Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
8 May 2025
Verb
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One of her reasons for leaving was to focus on mothering her two daughters.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
28 May 2025
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Dana is really mothering to her fullest at the top of the hour.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Although less worldly than Welles, Anderson has a career that’s better financed, if not pampered, and that remains quintessentially American.—
Armond White,
National Review,
30 May 2025
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The attached Milk + Honey spa provides convenient pampering after travel, with a menu that has everything from an express facial and traditional massages to chemical peels and hair treatments.—
Claudia Fisher,
Travel + Leisure,
19 May 2025
Verb
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Their admirably robust menu indulges coastal cravings via seasonal oysters and Gulf shrimp while appeasing land lovers with steakhouse favorites and handmade pastas.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
26 May 2025
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This multicultural circus indulges the racial stereotyping that should be Hwang’s subject.—
Armond White,
National Review,
21 May 2025
Verb
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Instead of doing anything to correct her delinquent son, Mahnaz coddles the boy and resents those who attempt to discipline him.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
22 May 2025
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Why are her landlord and the town of Huntley still coddling her?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
Verb
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An hour later, Musk took X to New York and dandled him on his knee while being photographed for Time.—
Jill Lepore,
The New Yorker,
11 Sep. 2023
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The day after the election, Taaz Robinson, a fellow third-year, posted a picture on Buckingham’s Facebook page of Donald Trump as an infant being dandled by Vladimir Putin.—
Tara Bahrampour,
Washington Post,
12 Oct. 2017
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“Cocker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cocker. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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