Lexic.us

Definition of Nuzzle

1. Verb. Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position. "Sam cannot nuzzle Sue "; "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags"

2. Verb. Rub noses.

3. Verb. Dig out with the snout. "The pig nuzzled the truffle"

Definition of Nuzzle

1. v. t. To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.

2. v. i. To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud.

Definition of Nuzzle

1. Verb. (qualifier of animals, lovers, etc) To touch someone or something with the nose. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nuzzle

1. to push with the nose [v -ZLED, -ZLING, -ZLES]

Medical Definition of Nuzzle

1. 1. To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. "The people had been nuzzled in idolatry." (Milton) 2. [Perh. A corruption of nestle. Cf. Nustle] To nestle; to house, as in a nest. Origin: See Noursle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuzzle

nuttin' nuttiness nuttinesses nutting nuttings nutty nutty as a fruit cake nutty as a fruitcake nutwood nutwoods

nutzoid nutzoids nux vomica nuzzer nuzzers nuzzle (current term) nuzzled nuzzler nuzzlers nuzzles

nuzzling nuée ardente nvCJD nxt nyaff nyaffed nyaffing nyaffs nyah nyala

Literary usage of Nuzzle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Dialect Words of the Eighteenth Century as Shown in the "Universal by Nathan Bailey (1883)
"a sort of Fruit; the "Worm of a Screw; also Part of an Anchor, Cross-Bow, &c. To nuzzle [qd ... nuzzle ..."

2. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"Sk. writes nuzzle, corrupted from Nestle. ... or, as it ¡я now written, nuzzle, is to go with the nose down like a ho(f. The application of the tic. ..."

3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"The transition from the last of these forms to Lat. nutria is exactly similar to that which takes place in the meaning of E. nuzzle, when transferred from ..."

4. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"NUTHA. ' Neither. It rhymes to mother. See i nuzzle. Applied to any thing done with the nose. " Let urn alone, he'll nuzzle it out"—would be said of a dnf; ..."

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