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snoozle

snoozle verb: to nuzzle affectionately.

Verb

snoozle (third-person singular simple present snoozles, present participle snoozling, simple past and past participle snoozled)

  1. (UK, rare) To nuzzle affectionately.
    • She […] seemed absorbed in her occupation; desisting from it only to […] push away a dog, now and then, that snoozled its nose overforwardly into her face.1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC

Forms of snoozle

third-person singular presentsnoozles
present participlesnoozling
past participlesnoozled
pastsnoozled

Origin of snoozle

Perhaps blend of snooze + nuzzle.

Questions about snoozle

What does snoozle mean?
Snoozle means to nuzzle affectionately.
What part of speech is snoozle?
Snoozle is a verb.
What is the past tense of snoozle?
The past tense of snoozle is snoozled.

Words near snoozle in the dictionary

  1. snoozier
  2. snooziest
  3. snooziness
  4. snoozing
  5. snoozing off
  6. snoozle
  7. snoozled
  8. snoozles
  9. snoozling
  10. snoozy
  11. snopes

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