SNUGGLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snuggling mean? 

• SNUGGLING (noun)
  The noun SNUGGLING has 1 sense:

1. affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

  Familiarity information: SNUGGLING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNUGGLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

caressing; cuddling; fondling; hugging; kissing; necking; petting; smooching; snuggling

Hypernyms ("snuggling" is a kind of...):

arousal; foreplay; stimulation (mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "snuggling"):

snogging ((British informal) cuddle and kiss)

Derivation:

snuggle (move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position)

 Context examples 

She pressed more, tightly to him, with a snuggling movement of her body.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Beyond his snuggling and the throwing of a crooning note into his love-growl, he had no way of expressing his love.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

No caress of theirs could put the love-croon into his throat, and, try as they would, they could never persuade him into snuggling against them.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

And now, with the love-master, his snuggling was the deliberate act of putting himself into a position of hopeless helplessness.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Her own ears, with a snuggling movement, laid their sharp points backward and down against the head for a moment, while her mouth opened and her tongue lolled peaceably out, and in this way she expressed that she was pleased and satisfied.

(White Fang, by Jack London)