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The Collaborative International Dictionary
cuddling

cuddling \cuddling\ n.

  1. holding close in a tender and afectionate manner.

  2. lying closely together while caressing; nestling together.

  3. foreplay without contact with the genital organs. [slang]

    Syn: caressing, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling.

Wiktionary
cuddling

n. The act of giving a cuddle. vb. (present participle of cuddle English)

WordNet
cuddling

n. affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) [syn: caressing, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling]

Usage examples of "cuddling".

Why couldn't she have fallen in love with a man who liked cuddling up and falling asleep, a man who hadn't spent years of his life kicking around the globe in a lot of God­forsaken places, who did all the normal things like going to work during the week and cutting the grass on weekends?

He had spent long hours cuddling her, letting her know that she wasn’t alone even if he couldn’t prevent the vision, if it came.

She tried to pull away from him but he forestalled the movement, cuddling her even closer so that her next protest was muffled against his neck.

She was accustomed to waking in her husband's arms, to cuddling even if they didn't make love, and given the short time they had been married Tucker bet there hadn't been many mornings when Dallas hadn't made love to her.

Just now she needed cuddling, needed the physical comfort of his presence, so she didn't protest when he unbuttoned her sleeveless blouse and unhooked the front closure of her bra, pushing it aside.

After I took it, he turned out the light and got back into bed, cuddling me close and sharing his body warmth with me.

But we spent that evening cuddling and kissing and making plans for the future, sort of giddy with relief.

I want to go, he said, cuddling his sister because he could never bear for Zara to be anything but happy and carefree.

I mean, we've still got years of this mission and I think Rojer's really and truly in love with her Thian was more interested in cuddling Alison's pliable form than her opinions about his brother's love.

For consolation, she picked up that week's copy of Broadcast, which fell open at a photograph of her cuddling a dopey looking Jersey cow.

As the puppy bounded back to them, she gathered him up, cuddling him for comfort.

Tabitha leapt off the pony, cuddling him and stuffing him with pony nuts.

Utterly devastated that he and Freddie could possibly think she was the mole, Cameron was slumped on the sofa, still cuddling Blue when the telephone rang.

Gazing around the room, she beckoned to one man and then curled against his chest after he came and pulled her to him, cuddling her.

Gathering her in his arms, cuddling her against him and taking her to the floor, he held her in his lap.