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Nuzzle

Nuzzle Meaning & Definition
Nuzzle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nuzzle?

[v] dig out with the snout, of animals
[v] rub noses
[v] move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position; "We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Nuzzle: cuddle | draw close | nestle | nose | snuggle

Related Terms | Find terms related to Nuzzle: bundle | burrow | caress | croodle | cuddle | feel up | fondle | knead | lap | massage | nestle | nose | pet | rub | rub against | rub noses | snuggle | stroke

See Also | caress | cling to | clutch | dig up | excavate | hold close | hold tight | turn up

Nuzzle In Webster's Dictionary

\Nuz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nuzzied};p. pr. & vb. n. {Nuzzling}.] [See {Noursle}.] 1. To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. [Obs.] The people had been nuzzled in idolatry. --Milton. 2. [Perh. a corruption of nestle. Cf. {Nustle}.] To nestle; to house, as in a nest.
\Nuz"zle\, v. i. [Dim. fr. nose. See {Nozzle}.] 1. To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud. And nuzzling in his flank, the loving swine Sheathed, unaware, the tusk in his soft groin. --Shak. He charged through an army of lawyers, sometimes . . . nuzzling like an eel in the mud. --Arbuthnot. 2. To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down. Sir Roger shook his ears, and nuzzled along. --Arbuthnot. 3. [Cf. {Nuzzle}, v. t., 2.] To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle. 4. To loiter; to idle. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

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