snuggle

1. 1.

   a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace

   Synonymscuddlenestle

   Broaderembrace

Other forms of snuggle

plural

snuggles·

past tense

snuggled·

present participle

snuggling·

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.

Questions about snuggle

What does snuggle mean?

snuggle means "move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in snuggle?

snuggle has 2 syllables: snug-gle. The stress falls on "snug". In IPA it is /ˈsnʌɡəl/.

What is another word for snuggle?

Close synonyms include cuddle, nestle, nest, nuzzle, draw close. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is snuggle a common word?

snuggle is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.