cuddle
verb (used with object)
to hold close in an affectionate manner; hug tenderly; fondle.
is cuddling
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present progressiveof cuddle (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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They usually stare at each other when Rute is cuddling with her on the couch and stroking her long curly hair.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025
Why is cuddling up to the team viewed as so important that I wonder whether I’ll be kept around for what I am paid to provide?
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
She only seems to be content when she is cuddling with my partner or me.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2019
Take, as a case in point, the photo Ivanka tweeted on Sunday, captioned “My <3! #SundayMorning” in which the first daughter is cuddling her two-year-old son.
From The Guardian ● May 29, 2018
We are sitting right down in her lap, and she is cuddling us up.
From Rudder Grange by Frank Richard Stockton
