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snuggle en · NOUN
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English snug
Proto-Germanic *-lōną
Old English -lian
Middle English -len
English -le
English snuggle
From snug + -le (frequentative suffix).
Meanings
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An affectionate hug.
Let's have a snuggle on the sofa.
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The final remnant left in a liquor bottle.
Forms
Synonyms
cuddle (hug) · sip (final remnant in bottle)
snuggle en · VERB
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English snug
Proto-Germanic *-lōną
Old English -lian
Middle English -len
English -le
English snuggle
From snug + -le (frequentative suffix).
Meanings
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(intransitive, transitive) To lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy.
And when the Boy dropped off to sleep, the Rabbit would snuggle down close under his little warm chin and dream, with the Boy's hands clasped close round him all night long.
1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit:The surrounding buildings snuggled each other.
I certainly was not prepared for the cosy nestling valleys that snuggled against the shoulders of the hills; a land where the graystone cottages and farmsteads still prevailed, but where they had taken on something of the softness of their kind in Gloucester and the Cotswolds, and seemed almost like growths of the soil; […].
1949 January and February, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–1”, in Railway Magazine, page 12:My girlfriend and I love to snuggle.
The last drop of jager snuggled the corner of the pint.
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To move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position.
The pet dog snuggles into its new bed.
Tired but satisfied, the children snuggled into their sleeping bags.
Forms
Deriveds
snuggleable (Terms derived from the noun or verb snuggle) · snugglefest (Terms derived from the noun or verb snuggle) · snuggler (Terms derived from the noun or verb snuggle) · snuggle up (Terms derived from the noun or verb snuggle) · snuzzle (Terms derived from the noun or verb snuggle) · snugglable (Terms derived from the noun or verb snuggle) · snugglebug (Terms derived from the noun or verb snuggle) · snugglesome (Terms derived from the noun or verb snuggle) · snoggle (Terms derived from the noun or verb snuggle) · snuggle bunny (Terms derived from the noun or verb snuggle) · snuggly (Terms derived from the noun or verb snuggle)
Synonyms
snudge · snug · nestle · cuddle
Translations (55)
mi kauāwhiawhi (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · hu bekuckózik (to move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position) · ga deasaigh isteach (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · hu odabújik (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · ru прижима́ться (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · de drücken (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · fr se blottir (contre) (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · da ligge tæt (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · sv gosa (to move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position) · kea lanbuxa (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · hu bevackol (to move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position) · eo kunumi (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · bg гушкам (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · es acurrucarse (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · cs tulit se (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · sv gosa (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · vi ôm ấp (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · it accoccolarsi (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · th อิงแอบ (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · de kuscheln (to move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position) · hu odasimul (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · ru обнима́ться (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · bg сгущвам се (to move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position) · fi käpertyä (to move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position) · ru прижа́ться (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · da putte (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · es acorrucarse (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · cmn 依偎 (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · ga deasaigh isteach (to move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position) · it raggomitolarsi (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · fr se pelotonner (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · gd neadaich (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · it rannicchiarsi (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · hu befészkeli magát (to move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position) · hu simul (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · es acorrucarse (to move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position) · cs přivinout se (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · de liebkosen (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · cs přitulit se (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · de kuscheln (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · gd laigh dlùth (ri) (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · fi halata (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · sv gulla (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · gl aconchegar (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · hu hozzábújik (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · fi syleillä (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · ru обня́ться (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · es acurrucarse (to move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position) · ru ти́скать (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · hu elhelyezkedik (to move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position) · fr se lover (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · de schmiegen (to move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position) · gl aconchegar (to move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position) · hu összesimul (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy) · hu összebújik (to lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy)