snuggle
Plural: snuggles
Noun
- a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
- An affectionate hug.
- The final remnant left in a liquor bottle.
Verb
Verb Forms: snuggled, snuggling, snuggles
- To lie or press closely and comfortably together.
- move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
- "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags"
- position comfortably
- To lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy.
- To move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position.
Examples
- Let's have a snuggle on the sofa.
- My girlfriend and I love to snuggle.
- The last drop of jager snuggled the corner of the pint.
- The letters seemed to snuggle together perfectly for a bonus.
- The pet dog snuggles into its new bed.
- The surrounding buildings snuggled each other.
- Tired but satisfied, the children snuggled into their sleeping bags.
Origin / Etymology
First attested in 1684. snug + -le (frequentative suffix); spelt with doubled āgā to clarify pronunciation.
Scrabble Score: 9
snuggle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsnuggle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
snuggle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
snuggle: valid Words With Friends Word