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cuddle bug

cuddle bug noun: a cuddly person or animal.

Noun

cuddle bug (plural cuddle bugs)

  1. (informal) A cuddly person or animal.
  2. (informal) A term of endearment, especially for a young girl or a female relationship partner.
    • That same night my cuddle bug climbed in bed with me, her sweet little face pressed close to mine on the pillow. Soon her wiggling woke me up enough that I got up to go to the bathroom. As soon as I lay back down next to her sleepy face, ...2008, Tally Flint, The Mommy Diaries: Finding Yourself in the Daily Adventure, Baker Books, →ISBN
    • Pretty please.” the sweet pigtailed McKayla said, with sleep already evident in her loveable toddler voice, as her dad walked her up the stairs of their pristine Nebraska farm house. “Not tonight cuddle bug, your eyes are already starting to drop.2009, Celestino Jaime Oliveira, Behind Closed Doors, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 9

Forms of cuddle bug

pluralcuddle bugs
alternative formcuddlebug

Origin of cuddle bug

From cuddle + bug (“enthusiast”).

Questions about cuddle bug

What does cuddle bug mean?
Cuddle bug means a cuddly person or animal.
What part of speech is cuddle bug?
Cuddle bug is a noun.
What is the plural of cuddle bug?
The plural of cuddle bug is cuddle bugs.

Words near cuddle bug in the dictionary

  1. cuddle
  2. cuddle buddied
  3. cuddle buddies
  4. cuddle buddy
  5. cuddle buddying
  6. cuddle bug
  7. cuddle bugs
  8. cuddle bunnies
  9. cuddle bunny
  10. cuddle puddle
  11. cuddle puddles

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