Other forms: snuggles, snuggled, snuggling
To snuggle is to press close to somebody for warmth and comfort. Working yourself into the space beside them.
It is a warm and slightly childish word, and it belongs to beds, sofas and cold evenings. It usually takes up, in or against: snuggle up together, snuggle down under the blankets, snuggle against a shoulder. Animals do it as much as people. Its close relative nestle is quieter and more literary, and cuddle is the version that involves arms.
1verbsnuggleTo settle close against someone or something for warmth and comfort.
“The cat snuggled into the crook of his arm.”
Proto-Germanic
*snawwuz — short, quick, fast
Old Norse
snøggr
English
snug
English, today
snuggle
From snug + -le. snug comes from dialectal English snug (“tight, handsome”), perhaps from Old Norse snøggr, from Proto-Germanic snawwuz (“short, quick, fast”). Compare Icelandic snöggur (“smooth”), Danish snög (“neat”), Swedish snygg (“handsome, nice-looking”). Compare also English snudge (“to nestle, remain snug and quiet”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA