snug

¹snug

verb \ˈsnəg\

snuggedsnug·ging

Definition of SNUG

intransitive verb

: snuggle, nestle <snug down for bed>

transitive verb

1

: to cause to fit closely

2

: to make snug

3

: hide 1

4

: to secure by fastening or lashing down

Examples of SNUG

1. <the farmhand snugged down in the hay and proceeded to go to sleep>

Origin of SNUG

²snug

First Known Use: 1583

Related to SNUG

Synonyms: curl up, nestle, snuggle

Related Words: burrow; couch, crouch, huddle, hunch, hunker (down), scrunch, squat, squinch

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Rhymes with SNUG

bug, chug, drug, dug, fug, hug, jug, lug, mug, plug, pug, rug, shrug, slug, smug, thug, trug, tug, vug