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Definition of Snuggle

1. Noun. A close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace.

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

3. Verb. Position comfortably. "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow"

Definition of Snuggle

1. v. t. To move one way and the other so as to get a close place; to lie close for comfort; to cuddle; to nestle.

Definition of Snuggle

1. Noun. An affectionate hug. ¹

2. Noun. The final remnant left in a liquor bottle. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive intransitive) To lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy. ¹

4. Verb. To move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Snuggle

1. to lie or press closely [v -GLED, -GLING, -GLES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snuggle

snuffling snufflings snuffly snuffs snuffy snug snug as a bug in a rug snugged snugger snuggerie

snuggeries snuggery snuggest snuggies snugging snuggle (current term) snuggle-bunny snuggle bunny snuggle up snuggled

snuggler snugglers snuggles snugglier snuggliest snuggling snuggly snuggums snugly snugness

Literary usage of Snuggle

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

1. Candle-lightin' Timeby Paul Laurence Dunbar by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1901)
"Shut yo' eyes, an' snuggle up to mammy; be afeard, an' 'mence soon ez I blows ... snuggle ..."

2. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"Or a nurse hugging a child warmly and kindly, would be said to snuggle it. ... In an ODA is " to snuggle, to lie close together in bed. ..."

3. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"It may—but in our copious vocabulary, we have a verb applicable to that act also—we say snuggle, for lying snugly, or creeping close together in bed in cold ..."

4. The Speaker (1913)
"It's awful nice to snuggle down ! When we's bofe tired from rompin' roun' We always know It's time to go An' take a trip to Cuddlin'town ! ..."

5. The St. James's Magazine by S. C. Hall (1868)
"Wonder what he wants (another snuggle). Never mind. Time enough in an hour or two (snuggle number three). It can't be duty, else wouldn't have sent such a ..."

6. Gently with the Tides: The Best of Living Aboard by Michael L. Frankel (1990)
"When I insist on snuggling we have a choice. It's snuggle or sleep ... But then, the line becomes hazy when you snuggle and parts of you sleep. ..."

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