cuddle

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  1. transitive verb To fondle in the arms; hug tenderly. See Synonyms at caress.
  2. intransitive verb To nestle; snuggle.
  3. noun The act of cuddling; a hug or embrace.

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  • Then there was that little hug -- or "cuddle," as the British press are calling it -- that Queen Elizabeth II gave Michelle Obama at Buckingham Palace. —  The Swamp
  • Be it the season of Valentine's or be it any time of the year, Oregon's coastline has essentially cornered the market for cuddle-inducing possibilities and gushy activities for the hand-holding set —  Oregon Coast Travel, Tourism, Science, Entertainment News - Breaking News from the Oregon Coast
  • Apparently Governor Palin's dried up canker sore ravaged flute sucking celebrity lips (no wonder the First Dood was always running off on his snow machine with Greta Van Susteren riding cuddle-seat) are sore about everything from sneaky faceless bloggers to the know-nothing Neiman Marcus makeover cowboys who managed John McCain's Oblivion Express. —  corrente SBL
  • The smile on her face when I walked in the door and handed Maggie to her and watched them cuddle was heartwarming.
  • Upon approaching them, you can put out a social call and they'll respond by asking you to either cuddle or dance with them. —  Destructoid
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. Origin uncertain; perhaps freq. of Middle English *cudden for cuththen (only once, in preterit kuththed), otherwise keththen, embrace (rare in this form and sense), another spelling or a secondary form of reg. Middle English cuthen, kuthen, later kithen (preterit cudde, kidde, kedde), make known, manifest (hence, be familiar), from cuth, couth, known: see couth and kithe. Cf. English dial. cuttle, talk, cutter, fondle, etc., Scots cuitle, wheedle (see cuttle, cutter, cuitle); Old Dutch kudden, come together, flock together, Dutch kudde, a flock.
  2. from cuddle, v.
 

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