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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The reasoning is mainly due to the team’s primary second-option receiver, Chris Godwin, nursing an ankle injury from last season that will likely lead to him missing 2025 regular-season time.—
Kambui Bomani,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Herons did it even with Lionel Messi out nursing a right thigh injury.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
10 Aug. 2025
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Conceivably one or two of them should have already been at Citi Field, but until finally summoning McLean to pitch Saturday, Stearns has been babying them in the minors.—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
16 Aug. 2025
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However, some have criticized employer techniques for tracking in-office attendance as babying employees and demonstrating an unwarranted lack of trust.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
8 Aug. 2025
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She was born on July 10, 2024, to mother Jona, 26 and father Tony, 25, with two other siblings Pork Stew and Sweet Pork at the zoo in Chonburi, NorthJersey.com, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK, reported.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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Moo Deng was born on July 10, 2024, to mother Jona and father Tony at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi, Thailand.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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And be sure to dine at The Merchant Room from excellent Minneapolis chef Gavin Kaysen, catch the colorful nightly skies at the Sunset Bar and get pampered at the 30,000-square foot spa.—
Jennifer Kester,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Falling asleep under it felt like being pampered, and I was tempted to move my legs around just to feel the duvet cover’s fabric caress them again and again.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The second means happiness as having what’s necessary, or perhaps indulging a bit.—
Sebastian Purcell
August 18,
Literary Hub,
18 Aug. 2025
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This once-in-a-lifetime trip will offer a truly specialized and authentic experience of the Adriatic Coast, alternately moving at breakneck speed via Starr Luxury’s vehicles and slowing down so folks can take time to relax, indulge, and soak in the experience.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
25 July 2025
Verb
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His Victor is the product of a coddling mother (Mia Goth), who dies young and leaves him emotionally adrift, and a domineering father (Charles Dance), who molds him into a brilliant but heedless inventor.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
20 Aug. 2025
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Trump has a habit of coddling enemies and abusing friends, neither of which serves our strategic interests.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Vet emailed me a photo of Sly contentedly dandling a grandson in his lap.—
David Kamp,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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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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“Cocker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cocker. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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