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snuzzle

snuzzle verb: to touch cozily and comfortably; to nestle, to snuggle.

Verb (1)

snuzzle (third-person singular simple present snuzzles, present participle snuzzling, simple past and past participle snuzzled)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To touch cozily and comfortably; to nestle, to snuggle.
    • "I slunk down in the seat, making myself as small as possible, and snuzzled my shoulder into his armpit."2001, Norris Church Mailer, Windchill Summer - Page 142

Verb (2)

snuzzle (third-person singular simple present snuzzles, present participle snuzzling, simple past and past participle snuzzled)

  1. (UK, dialectal) To rub the nose against and snuff.

Forms of snuzzle

third-person singular presentsnuzzles
present participlesnuzzling
past participlesnuzzled
pastsnuzzled

Origin of snuzzle

Blend of snuggle + nuzzle

Questions about snuzzle

What does snuzzle mean?
Snuzzle means to touch cozily and comfortably; to nestle, to snuggle.
What part of speech is snuzzle?
Snuzzle is a verb.
What is the past tense of snuzzle?
The past tense of snuzzle is snuzzled.

Words near snuzzle in the dictionary

  1. snurfing
  2. snurfs
  3. snurging
  4. snus
  5. snuss
  6. snuzzle
  7. snuzzled
  8. snuzzles
  9. snuzzling
  10. SNV
  11. SNVs

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