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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
snuggle
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
down
▪ What was the survival level of a hedgehog flea, he wondered, snuggling down.
▪ Sliding between the bedcovers, she flicked off the bedside lamp and snuggled down into the enveloping warmth.
▪ She turned herself over in her bed, and snuggled down for an extra, self-indulgent and rare hour of sleep.
▪ There was no guilt in the way she snuggled down under the coverlet, only a welcome sense of freedom.
▪ He says it should be alright once they snuggle down into their sleeping bags.
▪ He snuggled down into the warm blankets.
▪ With a sigh, she snuggled down under the quilt again.
▪ The Hound snuggled down next to her.
up
▪ There was another Bentley outside the grey slate Gothic place with a smart yellow Cortina snuggling up against it.
▪ I snuggled up against their nakedness and was content.
▪ With a sigh of relief she subsided on to her silky pillow, snuggling up like a kitten.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Charleston is snuggled along the Kanawha River.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ At that time, she moved to snuggle closer to the woman whom she had known and loved throughout the years.
▪ Carter suggests that parents define times for family activities, such as snuggling in bed in the mornings or visiting relatives.
▪ She snuggled deeper into the warmth, idly reviewing the plans for the evening.
▪ Sliding between the bedcovers, she flicked off the bedside lamp and snuggled down into the enveloping warmth.
▪ What was the survival level of a hedgehog flea, he wondered, snuggling down.
▪ You know, Zeke, when we were first married 30 years ago, we used to snuggle together.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Snuggle

Snuggle \Snug"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snuggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Snuggling.] [Freq. of snug.] To move one way and the other so as to get a close place; to lie close for comfort; to cuddle; to nestle.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
snuggle

1680s, frequentative form of snug. Related: Snuggled; snuggling. As a noun from 1901.

Wiktionary
snuggle

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

WordNet
snuggle
  1. n. a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace [syn: cuddle, nestle]

  2. v. 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" [syn: cuddle, nestle, nest, nuzzle, draw close]

  3. position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow" [syn: nestle]

Wikipedia
Snuggle

Snuggle is the brand name of a fabric softener sold by Sun Products in the United States and Canada. It features as its mascot, a teddy bear, named Snuggle the Fabric Softener Bear or "The Snuggle Bear", previously voiced by Micky Dolenz and originally voiced by Corinne Orr. The product is available in sheets or liquid (in concentrate and non-concentrate forms).

Snuggle was previously owned by Unilever, who sold it to Sun Products in 2008.

Usage examples of "snuggle".

Wondering if Brochan would sleep beside her, she lay down, snuggling into the warmth, trying her best to keep focused.

Nonchalantly he slipped both hand and silk into his trousers pocket, then walked her back onto the dance floor, snuggling her right back into his arms even closer than before.

Ball, snuggling up to the bartender, putting an arm around him, and looking dewily into his face.

The Waybreak Train was headed down toward the Flone Valley, to reach at last the river itself, its cool green banks and the merry little towns snuggled along it, south of Nova Roma.

Ginnie, snuggling inside her padded jacket, gave carrots from her pocket to some of the mares in the first yard and walked me without stopping through the empty places, the second yard, the foaling yard, and past the breeding shed.

An overpowering ache possessed her, homesickness, the desire to snuggle in a dark apartment to eat, and drink cool wine, and rest.

On that happy occasion of the beginning of growth that would culminate six months later with Samhain, the end of harvest, Partha mac Othna shared words, and kisses, and much more with Aine ingin Fol, merchant of Ailenn, and they snuggled and murmured their love.

Just the thought, the idea of Bren, snuggled beside the fire and stroking himself, made Iral shudder, made him throb with need.

The sailu was snuggled up in her hand as she fed it with the crinkled red and green leaves of a lollo lettuce.

Snuggling there, feeling content and sated, Kate promptly fell into a deep sleep.

I could snuggle down in my comfy holiday bed and do dreamy-dreamy about snogging the Sex God in peace now.

Wrapping his spongeless hand around her waist, he snuggled her closer.

The only other thing he had bought, aside from the hat, was a short-stemmed pipe with a silver-worked bowl, snuggled now in his coat pocket with his tabac pouch.

Rowena sighed and snuggled tighter against Virid, whose upstanding cock pressed hard on her lower abdomen.

Peter Weck drives up in a new sports convertible and presently drives away again, but before he was on his own and now the enchanting Corny Collins with the dimples in her cheeks is sitting beside him, snuggling up and bubbling over with charm.