Meaning

An affectionate hug..

Definitions by Sense

1. An affectionate hug.
2. The final remnant left in a liquor bottle.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy.
4. To move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position.

Example Sentences

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 surrounding buildings snuggled each other.

And when the Boy dropped off to sleep, the Rabbit would snuggle down close under his little warm chin and dream, with the Boy's hands clasped close round him all night long.

I certainly was not prepared for the cosy nestling valleys that snuggled against the shoulders of the hills; a land where the graystone cottages and farmsteads still prevailed, but where they had taken on something of the softness of their kind in Gloucester and the Cotswolds, and seemed almost like growths of the soil; […].

Tired but satisfied, the children snuggled into their sleeping bags.

The pet dog snuggles into its new bed.

Word Forms

• snuggles
• snuggling
• snuggled

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When Should You Use Snuggle?

Use snuggle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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