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Cuddling   /kˈədlɪŋ/   Listen
noun
cuddling  n.  
1.
Holding close in a tender and afectionate manner.
2.
Lying closely together while caressing; nestling together.
3.
Foreplay without contact with the genital organs. (slang)
Synonyms: caressing, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling.


verb
Cuddle  v. t.  To embrace closely; to fondle.


Cuddle  v. i.  (past & past part. cuddled; pres. part. cuddling)  To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle. "She cuddles low beneath the brake; Nor would she stay, nor dares she fly."





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"Cuddling" Quotes from Famous Books



... both," said Jane, slipping out of her furs and cuddling into one of the great new chairs, "and I'm afraid I think they're ...
— Jane Journeys On • Ruth Comfort Mitchell
... asked if his master was Mad; to which he made answer with some Heat, that he was no Master of his, but his Honoured Friend and Gracious Patron; whereupon the little Spark must go up to him, whimpering and cuddling about him, and beseeching him to save him from ...
— The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 • George Augustus Sala
... was a pleasure in all this, while snugly cuddling in the chimney corner of a chamber that was all of a ruddy glow from the crackling wood fire, and where, of course, no spectre dared to show its face, it was dearly purchased by the terror of his subsequent walk homewards. What fearful shapes and shadows beset ...
— Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools • Emilie Kip Baker
... nose of an animal it seemed; for it was followed by the lapping of a warm little tongue, and the cuddling of a muffy, furry little body against Laura. Still Kathie slept soundly, and Laura was too frightened to waken her. Every moment she expected to hear a growl, and have an angry bite from a set of savage teeth; but no bite or growl ...
— The Princess Idleways - A Fairy Story • Mrs. W. J. Hays
... passed before Amy's return. Priscilla's hammock barely stirred and the rhythmic creak of Ruth's rocking-chair grew gradually less frequent. Peggy, cuddling down among the cushions, let her thoughts stray again to the joys of being without sidewalks, and all that was implied in such a lack. The porch with the silent trio would not have seemed out of place in that enchanted country where the sleeping princess ...
— Peggy Raymond's Vacation - or Friendly Terrace Transplanted • Harriet L. (Harriet Lummis) Smith


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