Cwtch

Quick meaning: Cwtch is a noun meaning (Wales) A cubbyhole or similar hiding place.

Meaning

(Wales) A cubbyhole or similar hiding place.

More Meanings

1. (Wales) A hug or cuddle.
2. (Wales) To hug, cuddle, embrace, or comfort.
3. (Wales) To crouch or lie (down).

Example Sentences

I am expecting the big man to come round the corner and give me a ‘cwtch’ as he has done beside countless rugby fields.

A family are about to have a meal round the kitchen table, so the dog is told to go and “cwtch” in the corner, out of harm’s way.

I don’t mind them coming in for a quick cwtch before trudging back off to their own rooms, as long as no conversation is required and it is literally just a five-minute cuddle.

"In better times when the coalman called at our home in William Street he heaved the sacks through the front door and put their contents into the ‘cwtch’ under the stairs, a messy business indeed."

Word Forms

• cwtches
• cwtsh
• cwtching
• cwtched

Synonyms for cwtch

Depending on context, synonyms include accoll, amplect, beclip, clip, coll, strain.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cachette, cuddy, nook, crouth, cave, cadew.

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