Snug

Definition: Snug

Snug

Adjective

1. Offering safety; well protected or concealed; "a snug harbor"; "a snug hideout".

2. Fitting closely but comfortably; "a close fit".

3. Well and tightly constructed; "a snug house"; "a snug little sailboat".

4. Enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space; "a cozy nook near the fire"; "snug in bed"; "a snug little apartment".

Noun

1. A small secluded room.

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Date "snug" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Slang in 1811

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Synonyms: Snug

Closure

Unventilated; air tight, water tight; hermetically sealed; tight, snug.

Concealment

Keep from; keep back, keep to oneself; keep snug, keep close, keep secret, keep dark; bury; sink, suppress; keep from, keep from out of view, keep from out of sight; keep in the shade, throw into the shade, throw into background; stifle, hush up, smother, withhold, reserve; fence with a question; ignore.

Content

Unafflicted, unvexed, unmolested, unplagued; serene; at rest, snug, comfortable; in one's element.

Physical Pleasure

Adjective: enjoying. Verb: luxurious, voluptuous, sensual, comfortable, cosy, snug, in comfort, at ease.

Preparation

Set one's house in order, make all snug; clear the decks, clear for action; close one's ranks; shuffle the cards.

Prepared; Verb: in readiness; ready, ready to one's band, ready made, ready cut and dried: made to one's hand, handy, on the table; in gear; in working order,in working gear; snug; in practice.

Safety

Snug, seaworthy; weatherproof, waterproof, fireproof.

Seclusion Exclusion

Verb: be secluded, live secluded; Adjective: keep aloof, stand, hold oneself aloof, keep in the background, stand in the background; keep snug; shut oneself up; deny oneself, seclude oneself creep into a corner, rusticate, aller planter ses choux; retire, retire from the world; take the veil; abandon; sport one's oak.

Snug, domestic, stay-at-home.

Crosswords: Snug

Manx (butt of animal, flounce, poke, toss of head).

Snug in bed. (The General's Daughter; writing credit: Christopher Bertolini)

Snug in the Jug (1933)

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Books

• A Snug Little Flock: The Social Origins of the Riel (reference)

• Homesteads and snug harbours : the Gulf Islands (reference)

• Safe, Warm, and Snug (reference)

• Snug as a Big Red Bug (reference)

• Snug as a Bug? (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• A Night at Snug Harbor, New Orleans (reference)

• S'Mardi Gras at Snug [LIVE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Shrimp trawlers at Snug Harbor along the Caloosahatchee River. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A dining/casino boat that operates out of Snug Harbor. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Fishing vessels at Snug Harbor along the Caloosahatchee River. Credit: Fisheries.

A shrimp trawler at Snug Harbor along the Caloosahatchee River. Credit: Fisheries.

A close-up of the Snug Harbor, one of the vessels that was used to transport quahogs from their original homes to the new spawner sanctuaries. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Another view of the staging are and the Snug Harbor, Greenwich Bay, RI. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

"A view of Snug Corner Cove in Prince William's Sound". In: "A Collection of Voyages round the World ... Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages ...." Volume V, London, 1790. Page 1793. Call Number G160 .C64 1790 v. 5. Credit: Treasures of the Library.

Snug Harbor Hawaii, field base for the Hawaii Undersea Research Lab. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Snug Harbor. Credit: Library of Congress.

All snug and safe. Credit: Library of Congress.

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But when he had sung his song and withdrawn into a snug corner of the room he began to taste the joy of his loneliness

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Expressions using "snug": be snug in ♦ keep snug ♦ lie snug ♦ rudder snug ♦ snug down ♦ snug income ♦ snug little house. Additional references.

Beginning with "snug": snug-fit, snug-fitting.

Albanian

i rehatshëm (comfortable, comfy, cosy, cozy, cushy, easy, homey), i pastër (absolute, chaste, childlike, clean, clean-handed, cleanly, clear, dapper, fair, innocent, neat, net, new, orderly, potty-trained, pure, refined, simon-pure, spotless, sterling, tidy, trig, unadulterated, unblended, unimpeachable, unwritten, virgin, virginal, well groomed, white), i ngrohtë (cordial, cushy, genial, homelike, homing, red-hot, warm, warm blooded, warming), i mjaftueshëm (adequate, ample, enough, plenty, sufficient). (various references)

Arabic 

‏محكم التفصيل, ‏محمي (protected), ‏مريح (agreeable, calming, comfort, comfortable, convenient, cosy, easeful, easy, easygoing, refreshing, relaxing, restful, smooth, soothing), ‏نعم بالدفئ, ‏دافئ (cosy, cozy, hot, hothouse, warm), ‏بأناقة (in refined manner, richly, trim), ‏بأحكام. (various references)

Bulgarian 

уютен (cosy, cozy, homelike, homely, tight), скрит (cagey, cagy, clandestine, close, covert, delitescent, dormant, furtive, hidden, implicit, implied, insidious, latent, occult, potential, private, privy, recondite, secret, sneaking, ulterior, underlying), спретвам (smarten), спретнат (dapper, dinky, prim, rakish, sailorly, smart, smug, tidy, tight, tricksy, trig, trim, well groomed), топъл и приятен, таен (arcane, backdoor, clandestine, confidential, cryptic, dark, darkling, esoteric, hole-and-corner, hugger mugger, hush hush, inside, mystic, occult, private, privy, recondite, secret, sensitive, sneaking, surreptitious, undercover, underground, underhand), гуша се (nuzzle), закътан (sheltered), подреждам (adjust, arrange, assort, compose, dispose, do up, plash, pleach, preen, process, put in order, seriate, sort out, tidy, trim), плътно прилепващ (tight-fitted), доста добър (fair, respectable). (various references)

Chinese 

舒適 (cozy). (various references)

Czech

skrytý (covert, hidden, latent, recondite, retired, secret, submersed, underlying), pohodlný (comfortable, comfy, commodious, cosy, cozy, cushy, easy), příjemný (agreeable, congenial, dulcet, engaging, enjoyable, good, jolly, neighborly, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, Savory, smooth, suave, sweet, winning, winsome), útulný (comfy, cosy, cozy, homely). (various references)

Danish

skrue med flad skrueende (flat end screw, snug screw), rorløkke (pintle boss, rudder lug, rudder snug). (various references)

Dutch

vingerling (cot, finger cot, finger guard, finger-guard, fingerstall, finger-stall, pintle, pintle boss, rudder lug, rudder pintle, rudder post gudgeons, rudder snug), oog (dot, eye, germ, hole, period, point, spot), bout met afgeplat uiteinde (flat end screw, snug screw). (various references)

Farsi 

گرم ونرم (Cozy), غنودن (Nuzzle, Repose), امن وامان , اماده ومجهز, اسوده (Calm, Easy, Tranquil), راحت واسوده (Homey), راحت (Beforehand, Comfort, Comfortable, Convenient, Cozy, Cuddly, Placid, Straight, Well), دنج , بطوردنج قرارگرفتن , باندازه (Enough, Within). (various references)

Finnish

kodikas (cosy, homely). (various references)

French

douillet (snugly), confortable, bien ajusté, ajusté, abrité. (various references)

German

mollig (chubby, cozy, plump), behaglich (agreeable, comfortable, comfortably, comfy, contented, cosily, cosy, cozy, enjoyable, homely, homey, lived-in, lovely, nice, pleasant, snugly). (various references)

Greek 

συμμαζευμένοσ, αναπαυτικόσ (comfortable, convenient, cosy, cozy, reposeful, restful). (various references)

Hebrew 

מהודק לגוף, להתפרק (break up, come apart, disband, fall to pieces), להדק (brace, clasp, clip, constrict, fasten, make fast, strain, tie, tighten), חם ונעים (cosy), בטוח (assurance, assured, certain, confident, insurance, safe, secure, sure), צמוד (adnation, attached, close, close fitting, coupling, fastened, linked, linking, matching, pairing, tie in, tied in, tight), נוח (affable, calm, comfortable, convenient, cushy, easy, easygoing, fair, favourable, genial, good natured, mild, propitious, rest, soft). (various references)

Hungarian

barátságos (affable, amicable, common, cosy, cozy, friendly, genial, good tempered, homely, matey, neighborly, neighbourly, nice, open armed, sociable, suave). (various references)

Indonesian

senang (agreeable, delight, glad, please), rapi (efficient, orderly, presentable, prim). (various references)

Italian

sicuro (absolute, assured, certain, clear, definite, reliable, safe, safety place, saved, secure, steady, sure, unfailing), raccolto (collected, crop, engrossed, gathered, harvest, haul, picked, set, vintage, yield), comodo (comfort, comfortable, comfy, convenience, convenient, cosiest, cosy, cozy, cushy, ease, easiness, easy, handy, leisure, leisured, leisurely), attillato (clinging, close fitting, skin-tight, tight), aderente (adherent, clinging, close fitting, fitted, follower, partisan, skin-tight, sticking, supporter, tight), accogliente (comfortable, cosy, cozy, hospitable, snugly). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

小じんまりと (neat), 居心地がよい (comfortable, cosy), 居心地のよい . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

いごこちがよい (comfortable, cosy), いごこちのよい, こじんまりと (neat). (various references)

Korean 

아늑하게 (Cosily, Cozily, snugly). (various references)

Manx

souyr (affluent, comfortable, well off, well-to-do), skeoigh (neat, spruce, tidy). (various references)

Pig Latin

ugsnay.(various references)

Portuguese

quente (baking, heartwarming, heated, hot, red-hot, torrid, warm), confortável (comfortable, comfy, cosy, cozy, cushy, easeful), bem instalado (podded, well-appointed, well-found), bem arranjado (orderly, tidy, well-disposed, well-done), agradável (amiable, comely, congenial, cushy, delectable, delightful, easy, enjoyable, entertaining, fine, genial, gladsome, glorious, good-humored, good-humoured, goodly, good-natured, kindly, lovely, merry, music, musical, neat, nice, nutty, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, pretty, racy, restful, sober-blooded, soft, songful, stunner, suave, taking, welcome, well-done, well-natured), aconchegado (cosy, cozy). (various references)

Romanian

separeu (booth), plãcut (agreeable, cheerful, comely, dulcet, fine, genial, genially, gladsome, good, goodly, grateful, gratefully, gratifying, handsome, homey, kindly, likable, listenable, merry, neat, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, smooth, sweet), loc retras (background, corner, privacy, retired spot, retirement, secluded spot, seclusion), curat (absolute, bald, blank, clean, cleanly, clear, clearly, fair, faultless, fine, fresh, genuine, honest, immaculate, neat, orderly, Plumb, pristine, pure, raw, sheer, simple, sincere, snowy, stainless, stark, straight, tidy, white), confortabil (comfortable, comfortably, comfy, cosily, cosy, homey), comod (comfortable, comfortably, commodious, convenient, cosily, cosy, cozy, easy, easy going, easy-fitting, handy, practical, roomy, serviceable, slothful, suitable), aranjat (concerted, ensconced, prim, settled, solved, tidy, trim, well arranged), în tihnã (at leisure). (various references)

Russian 

уютный (canny, comfortable, cosh, cosy, cozy, homey). (various references)

Scottish

sois, seasgair (at ease, cosy, one in comfortable circumstances, sheltered). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

prikladan (apposite, appropriate, convenient, correlative, neat, seemly, suitable), podesan (becoming, compatible, felicitous, fitting, opportune, pat, proper, ready, suitable, timely, well-suited), lagodan (easygoing). (various references)

Spanish

respetable (considerable, important, respectable, upstanding), cómodo y bien caliente, ajustado (close fitting, equitable, just, right, tidy, tight), acogedor (cheery, cosy, cozy, friendly, homely), abrigado (covert). (various references)

Swedish

hemtrevlig (cosy, cozy, homy). (various references)

Thai

อบอุ่นและน่าสบาย. (various references)

Turkish

saklı (behind, clandestine, close, covered, covert, crypto-, hidden, perdu, Perdue, privy, secret), sıcacık (cosy, nice and warm, warm), yeterli (adequate, ample, competent, decent, effectual, efficacious, efficient, enough, equal, fit, qualified, satisfactory, satisfying, sufficient, suited, that will do, working), rahatını sağlamak (snug down), rahat ettirmek (comfort, make comfortable, snug down), rahat (at ease, at rest, cavalier, comfort, comfortable, comfy, complacent, composure, cosy, cushioned, cushy, ease, easy, facile, leisure, luxurious, peace, rest, restful, serene, unconstrained, unconventional, undisturbed, unembarassed, untroubled), kuytu (corner, cranny, hidden, Lee, nook, obscure, quiet, retired, sheltered), küçük (baby, bantam, child, fiddling, inconsiderable, infant, infra-, junior, kid, little, micro-, mini, mini-, minor, minuscule, nano-, not healthy, one horse, paltry, peanut, petit, petty, piddling, poky, remote, slight, small, tiddly, trifling, trivial, undersized, young, younger), gizli (arcane, back door, blind, camera, clandestine, classified, closet, concealed, confidential, covert, cryptic, cryptical, crypto-, disguised, esoteric, furtive, hidden, hole-and-corner, hugger mugger, huggermugger, hush hush, inner, intimate, latent, masked, occult, perdu, Perdue, private, privy, quiet, restricted, sealed, secluded, secret, secretly, slinky, sneaking, sneakingly, sneaky, stealthy, sub rosa, submerged, submersed, subterranean, subterraneous, surreptitious, ulterior, under cover, underarm, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded, undisclosed, unsearchable, unseen), güvenli (confident, delicate, foolproof, reliable, safe, secure, trustworthy), daracık (skintight, slinky, tight fit, very narrow), dar (acute, clinging, close fitting, close-bodied, constricted, exiguous, narrow, narrowly, parochial, poky, restrained, Strait, stringent, tight), düzenli (clean-cut, coordinate, dainty, equal, even, harmonious, in good trim, in order, methodical, neat, ordered, orderly, organized, regular, right, settled, stated, steady, systematic, systematical, tidy), camadan vurmak (reef, snug down, take in a reef), bakımlı (well groomed, well-kept). (various references)

Ukrainian

непоганий (nicish), затишно (cosily), затишний (chimney corner, cosy, couth, cozy, homelike, homely, homey, homy), акуратний (careful, natty, neat, orderly, shipshape, spry), достатній (adequate, affluent, bounteous, enough, passable, sufficient). (various references)

Vietnamese 

kín gió; ấm áp, ấm cúng gọn gàng xinh xắn. (various references)

Welsh

diddos (sheltered, watertight), clyd (cosy, sheltered, warm). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "snug": snugged, snugger, snuggeries, snuggery, snuggest, snuggies, snugging, snuggle, snuggled, snuggles, snuggling, snugly, snugness, snugnesses, snugs. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Snug" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Nsue, Nsungu, nug, Nugw, sandugo, Sanogo, saug, sgun, snarg, sneg, sng, snoge, snogg, snoq, snov, snu, snuf, snugs, snut, snuz, spug, stug, swug. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: gnus, guns, sung.

-1 letter: gnu, gun, nus, sun, uns.

-2 letters: nu, un, us.

+1 letter: bungs, dungs, genus, guans, gunks, lungs, negus, pungs, rungs, slung, snugs, stung, suing, swung, tungs, using.

+2 letters: busing, dingus, fungus, fusing, genius, gluons, grunts, guanos, gunsel, lunges, lungis, mungos, musing, nudges, pignus, shogun, sluing, snugly, sprung, spuing, strung, sundog, ungues, unguis, unpegs, unrigs, unsung, youngs.

+3 letters: abusing, amusing, angelus, anguish, audings, augends, bluings, blunges, bousing, bungees, bungles, bushing, busings, busking, bussing, busting, busying, cangues, causing, congius, congous, cursing, cussing, dengues, dousing, dugongs, dusking, dusting, engluts, engulfs, enoughs, ensuing, fungals, fungoes, fungous, fussing, gangues, genuses, gerunds, glucans, glutens, grounds, grunges, guanase, guanays, guanins, guenons, guidons, guineas, guising, guldens, gundogs, gunites, gunless, gunnels, gunners, gunnies, gunsels, gunship, gunshot, gurnets, gurneys, gushing, gusting, hangups, hognuts, housing, hungers, hushing, husking, igneous, iguanas, impugns, ingulfs, issuing, jungles, justing, kurgans, lagunas, lagunes, langues, langurs, lanugos, lounges, lousing, lungans, lungees, lungers, lungyis, lushing, lusting, lutings, magnums, mousing, muggins, mushing, musings, mussing, mustang, musting, naughts, neguses, nilgaus, nougats, noughts, nudgers, nuggets, nursing, nutmegs, oppugns, ourangs, ousting, outguns, outings, outsang, outsing, outsung, pausing, pignuts, plunges, popguns, pulings, pulsing, pungles, pursing, pushing, quangos, repugns, reusing, rousing, rulings, rushing, rusting, saucing, shoguns, shotgun, shuting, snugged, snugger, snuggle, songful, souping, souring, sousing, spuming, subbing, subring, sucking, sudsing, sueding, sughing, suiting, sulking, summing, sundogs, sunglow, sunning, supping, surfing, surgeon, surging, sussing, tongues, tousing, tubings, tunings, tushing, tusking, uncages, unclogs, ungirds, unglues, unhangs, unplugs, unsight, unsling, unslung, unstung, uppings, upswing, upswung, wanguns.