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say it: snuhg
snug is an adjective and noun meaning "offering safety; well protected or concealed". It is pronounced /ˈsnʌɡ/ — snuhg. It carries 5 recorded senses.
well and tightly constructed
“a snug house”
“a snug little sailboat”
enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space
“a cozy nook near the fire”
“snug in bed”
“a snug little apartment”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for snug come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.