snuggle
[snuhg-uh l]
- to lie or press closely, as for comfort or from affection; nestle; cuddle.
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- to draw or press closely against, as for comfort or from affection.
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- the act of snuggling.
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Origin of snuggle
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Examples from the Web for snuggle
Contemporary Examples
After all of the adventures at Hogwarts, Rowling may be saying, all you want to do is snuggle up with a cup of tea and a vicar.
The teen wanted to walk to the park with her boyfriend to play their ukuleles and snuggle.
Why Obama Staffers Are Secretly Worried, and Other Dispatches from the Campaign TrailThe Daily Beast
October 26, 2008
Historical Examples
Having learned to snuggle, White Fang was guilty of it often.
White FangJack London
Shall I talk to you, Scheherazade, or let you snuggle into the chaste arms of Morpheus?
The Dark StarRobert W. Chambers
He let Sate get in too, and snuggle down right at their feet.
Tommy Trots Visit to Santa ClausThomas Nelson Page
Everyone was tired and willing to snuggle down into their coats.
Janet Hardy in HollywoodRuthe S. Wheeler
If I could be little and snuggle up to my mother as I imagine her to myself!
The Last Days of TolstoyV. G. Chertkov
snuggle
- (usually intr; usually foll by down, up, or together) to nestle into or draw close to (somebody or something) for warmth or from affection
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- the act of snuggling
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Word Origin
C17: frequentative snug (vb)
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Word Origin and History for snuggle
v.
1680s, frequentative form of snug. Related: Snuggled; snuggling. As a noun from 1901.
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