huggle

huggle verb: to hug and snuggle simultaneously: gesture of tender non-sexual affection.

Verb

huggle (third-person singular simple present huggles, present participle huggling, simple past and past participle huggled)

(Internet, childish) To hug and snuggle simultaneously: gesture of tender non-sexual affection.
(Internet) To hug and cuddle.
(archaic) To huddle.
- Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard, e.g. in William Allingham, The ballad book: a selection of the choicest British ballads, Sever and Francis, 1865, p. 269.
  Lie still, lie still, thou little Musgrave, / And huggle me from the cold; / 'tis nothing but a shepherds boy, / A-driving his sheep to fold.

huggle (plural huggles)

(Internet, childish) A hug while snuggling: gesture of tender non-sexual affection.

ভিড় করা, গুটিসুটি মেরে থাকা

Verb
third-person singular present	huggles
present participle	huggling
past participle	huggled
past	huggled
Noun
plural	huggles

Frequentative of hug: hug + -le.

What does huggle mean?: Huggle means to hug and snuggle simultaneously: gesture of tender non-sexual affection.
What is huggle in Bengali?: Huggle in Bengali is ভিড় করা, গুটিসুটি মেরে থাকা. See Huggle meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is huggle?: Huggle can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of huggle?: The past tense of huggle is huggled.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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