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snug.

Warm and comfortable; cosy.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/snʌɡ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Southern-England/snɐɡ/Australia, New-Zealand/snʊɡ/Northern-England

  1. Warm and comfortable; cosy.

    I felt snug tucked up in my snug bed.

  2. Satisfactory.

  3. Close-fitting.

  4. Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.

Where this word comes from

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”).

noun/snʌɡ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Southern-England/snɐɡ/Australia, New-Zealand/snʊɡ/Northern-England

  1. A small, comfortable back room in a pub.

    UK

  2. A lug.

Where this word comes from

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”).

verb/snʌɡ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Southern-England/snɐɡ/Australia, New-Zealand/snʊɡ/Northern-England

  1. To make secure or snug.

    transitive

  2. To snuggle or nestle.

  3. To make smooth.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

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”).

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