SNUGGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snuggle mean? 

• SNUGGLE (noun)
  The noun SNUGGLE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SNUGGLE used as a noun is very rare.

• SNUGGLE (verb)
  The verb SNUGGLE has 2 senses:

1. move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position

2. position comfortably

  Familiarity information: SNUGGLE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNUGGLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cuddle; nestle; snuggle

Hypernyms ("snuggle" is a kind of...):

embrace; embracement; embracing (the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection))

Derivation:

snuggle (move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position)

• SNUGGLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they snuggle    ... he / she / it snuggles   
Past simple: snuggled   
Past participle: snuggled   
-ing form: snuggling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

cuddle; draw close; nest; nestle; nuzzle; snuggle

Context example:

The children snuggled into their sleeping bags

Hypernyms (to "snuggle" is one way to...):

cling to; clutch; hold close; hold tight (hold firmly, usually with one's hands)

Verb group:

nestle; snuggle (position comfortably)

draw close (pull towards oneself)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

snuggle (a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace)

snuggling (affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Position comfortably

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

nestle; snuggle

Context example:

The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow

Hypernyms (to "snuggle" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Verb group:

cuddle; draw close; nest; nestle; nuzzle; snuggle (move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

Here was no warm side of a tepee against which to snuggle.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

“My man,” she said, looking at me for an instant with tremulous lids which fluttered down and veiled her eyes as she snuggled her head against my breast with a happy little sigh.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The ears flattened back and down at the sound, and the head seemed to snuggle under the caress of an invisible hand.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

She pressed more, tightly to him, with a snuggling movement of her body.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

All her old gaiety of manner seemed to have come back, and she came and snuggled in beside me and told me all about Arthur.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He snuggled down in his armchair.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

No caress of theirs could put the love-croon into his throat, and, try as they would, they could never persuade him into snuggling against them.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He went over to her and snuggled his head in her lap, nudging her arm with his nose—an old trick of his when begging for favors.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Having learned to snuggle, White Fang was guilty of it often.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

And here, confined, hidden from view all except his ears, no longer growling, he continued to nudge and snuggle.

(White Fang, by Jack London)