Snuggle

Definition: Snuggle

Snuggle

Noun

1. A close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace.

Verb

1. Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position; "We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "snuggle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references)

Note: Snuggle \Snug"gle\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Snuggled; present participle verb or noun Snuggling.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Snuggle

And on a cold winter's night Horace, you can snuggle up to your cash register. (Hello, Dolly!; writing credit: Ernest Lehman; Michael Stewart)

And, late at night, when it's cold, Horace, you can snuggle up to your cash register. (Hello, Dolly!; writing credit: Ernest Lehman; Michael Stewart)

He'd probably snuggle girls up the stairs. (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear)

Huh, snuggle bunny? (The Muppet Show; writing credit: Joseph A. Bailey; Jack Burns)

Snuggle bunny? (The Muppet Show; writing credit: Joseph A. Bailey; Jack Burns)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• God Loves Little Lamb: A Bend N' Snuggle Book (reference)

• Snuggle Piggy and the Magic Blanket (reference)

• Snuggle Puppy (reference)

• Snuggle Up Cozy (reference)

• Snuggle Up, Little Penguin! (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Snuggle Up (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Pastel Snuggle Blanket - Woods Plaid (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "snuggle": snuggle down ♦ snuggle down in bed ♦ snuggle up. Additional references.

Albanian

strukem (cower, cringe, crouch, hide), tulatem (snuggle up). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تكرفس, ‏تكبب (agglomeration), ‏جمع أطرافه, ‏إقترب من شخص للدف ء, ‏شد نفسه اليه. (various references)

Bulgarian 

гушвам (cuddle), настанявам се уютно, загръщам (enfold, envelop, enwrap, involve, lap, tuck, wrap), притискам (constrict, embosom, jam, pin, pin down, pinch, press, press down, screw, squeeze, strain, strangulate, throng, weight down). (various references)

Czech

stoèit se do klubíèka (curl up), přitulit se (snuggle up). (various references)

Farsi 

مچاله شدن , خودرابرای گرم شدن یاغنودن جمع کردن , جمع شدن (Aggregate, Assemble, Backlog, Beehive, Congregate, Constringe, Drift, Flock, Gather, Group, Herd, Muster, Retract, Shrink, Twitch), دربسترغنودن , دربرگرفتن (Embrace, Encompass, Twine). (various references)

French

se serrer contre soi, se serrer contre qn, se pelotonner, se blottir contre soi, s'attirer contre soi. (various references)

German

sich schmiegen (cuddle, cuddle up, nestle, snuggle up), sich kuscheln (cuddle, cuddle down, cuddle up, huddle down, nestle, snuggle up), an sich schmiegen. (various references)

Greek 

συμμαζεύομαι, χώνομαι (insinuate, nestle down, nestle up), φωλιάζω (embosom, harbour, nest, nestle, nestle down, nuzzle). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תרפק (cuddle, hug, nestle), ל�"צט� ף (be wrapped). (various references)

Hungarian

odasimul (to nestle to, to nuzzle up, to snuggle up to), magához szorít (to strain). (various references)

Italian

rannicchiarsi (cringe, crouch, squat). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

寄り添う (to cuddle close together, to get close, to nestle close to, to snuggle up to). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すりよる (to cuddle with, to draw close to, to draw closer to, to edge up to, to nestle close to, to snuggle up to), しな� れかかる (to lean coquettishly against, to nestle into, to snuggle into), よりそう (to cuddle close together, to get close, to nestle close to, to snuggle up to). (various references)

Manx

dy vabbaney (to snuggle). (various references)

Pig Latin

ugglesnay

Portuguese

enroscar-se (catch in, squirm, twine), deitar-se aconchegado, aninhar-se (couch, nest, nestle), aconchegar-se (huddle, nestle, nuzzle), aconchegar (bring near). (various references)

Romanian

se strânge (bank up, close, collect, convolve, cuddle, curl up, draw, flock, furl, herd, jam, join, mass, mob, nuzzle, pack, pile up, squash, squeeze, straiten), se lipi (adhere, cling, cuddle, hook on, solder, stick), se ghemui (cower, crouch, cuddle, huddle up, nuzzle, squat). (various references)

Russian 

уютно устроиться, прильнуть (nestle, snuggle up). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

priljubiti se (nuzzle, snuggle up), prigrliti (embrace), pribiti se. (various references)

Spanish

apretarse (jam, pack together, press up, tighten, tighten up), apretar (bind, clasp, clench, clutch, constrain, constrict, cramp, fasten, grasp, grip, hug, oppress, pack down, pinch, press, press down, pull, purse, push, push down, quicken, ram, screw, squeeze, subtend, tighten, tighten up, turn, turn on). (various references)

Swedish

krypa ihop (cower, cringe, cuddle up, curl up). (various references)

Thai

อิงแอบ. (various references)

Turkish

sokulmak (come close, come up, creep, draw near, edge, edge in, encroach, infiltrate, nestle, nuzzle, penetrate, put oneself forward, sidle, sidle up to, worm one's way, wriggle oneself into), sarınıp yatmak, sarılmak (arm, be wrapped, canoodle, clasp, clasp smb. in one's arms, cling, clip, coil, coil up, cuddle, give a hug, give smb. a hug, hold on, hug, twine, wind), sarılıp yatmak (cuddle up), yanına kıvrılmak, kucaklamak (canoodle, caress, clasp, clasp smb. in one's arms, cuddle, embosom, embrace, encircle, enclasp, enfold, fold in one's arms, give a hug, give smb. a hug, hug, infold, strain smb. to one's breast), kıvrılmak (be twisted, bend, crisp, curl, curl up, frizz, frizzle, huddle up, meander, squirm, sweep, tuck, tuck up, tuck up one's legs, twine itself, twist, twist about, wiggle, wind, wriggle, wriggle about), kıvrılıp yatmak (roll in, shake down, snuggle down). (various references)

Ukrainian

затишно влаштовуватися, прихилятися, пригортати до себе. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "snuggle": snuggled, snuggles. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Snuggle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: shuggle, sigle, snuggal, snugle, stuggle. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: gunsel, lunges.

-2 letters: genus, glens, glues, glugs, gules, luges, lunes, lunge, lungs, negus, slung.

-3 letters: eggs, engs, gels, gens, genu, gleg, glen, glue, glug, gnus, guls, guns, legs, lens, lues, luge, lugs, lune, lung, slue, slug, snug, sung.

-4 letters: egg, els, eng, ens, gel, gen, gnu, gul, gun, leg, leu, lug, nus, seg, sel.

+1 letter: snuggled, snuggles.

+2 letters: gruelings, languages, slanguage.

+3 letters: eulogising, gruellings, gunslinger, slanguages.

+4 letters: gunslingers, squilgeeing, sublanguage.

+5 letters: agglutinates, nonlanguages, slaughtering, sluggardness, sluggishness, sublanguages.

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