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Snuggling

noun
1.
Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs).  Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching.



Snuggle

verb
(past & past part. snuggled; pres. part. snuggling)
1.
Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position.  Synonyms: cuddle, draw close, nest, nestle, nuzzle.  "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags"
2.
Position comfortably.  Synonym: nestle.






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"Snuggling" Quotes from Famous Books



... on Devil's Edge ... And now I knew the voice again, So different, free of pain and fear— Its terror turned to tenderness— And yet the same voice none the less, Though singing now so true and clear: And drawing nigh the window-ledge, I watched the mother sing to rest The baby snuggling to ...
— Georgian Poetry 1911-12 • Various

... going to be my daddy one day—didn't you, Bimbi?" said his little lordship, climbing up on to "Bimbi's" knee and snuggling close to him. ...
— Cleek, the Master Detective • Thomas W. Hanshew

... for her a year ago she would have been armed against Archelaus and her own nature. Slowly her sobs grew less frequent—they became the faint sniffs of a tired child; but she still lay in his arms, snuggling closer, one hand, very small and smooth, creeping up to lie against his neck. Ishmael looked down, and through the dusk he could see how wet were the lashes on her pale cheek; the curve of her throat ...
— Secret Bread • F. Tennyson Jesse



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