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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To rub or push against gently with or as if with the nose or snout: stroked and nuzzled the kitten.
  2. v. To root or move with the snout.
  3. v. To make rubbing or pressing motions with or as if with the nose or snout.
  4. v. To nestle together.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To thrust the nose in or into; root up with the nose.
  2. To touch or rub with the nose; press or rub the nose against.
  3. To put a ring into the nose of (a hog).
  4. To fondle closely, as a child.
  5. To nurse; foster; rear.
  6. To nose; burrow with the nose; rub noses.
  7. To touch or feel something with the nose.
  8. To go with the nose toward the ground.
  9. To nestle.
  10. To loiter; idle.

Wiktionary

  1. v. of animals, etc To touch someone or something with the nose.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. obsolete To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.
  2. v. To nestle; to house, as in a nest.
  3. v. To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud.
  4. v. To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down.
  5. v. To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle.
  6. v. Prov. Eng. To loiter; to idle.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. rub noses
  2. v. dig out with the snout
  3. v. move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position

Etymologies

  1. Early 15th century Middle English noselyng, as nose + -lyng ("(frequentive)") (modern English nose +‎ -le (“(frequentive)”)). Modern affectionate, intimate sense 1590s, possibly influenced by nestle or nursle (frequentive of nurse). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English noselen, to bend down, perhaps back-formation from noselyng, on the face, prostrate, from nose, nose; see nose. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (5)

Words with the same meaning

  1. foster
  1. nestle
  1. loiter
  1. idle
  1. nose

hypernyms (9)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. fondle
  1. caress
  1. excavate
  1. turn up
  1. dig up
  1. hold close
  1. cling to
  1. clutch
  1. hold tight

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Words that are found in similar contexts

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  2. giant
  3. scirocco
  4. jrock
  1. awing
  2. hand-holding
  3. commingle
  4. fach
  1. spunky
  2. roleplaying
  3. blesse
  4. creatur'
  1. Braine
  2. quim
  3. mouthfeel
  4. coo
  1. rockwork
  2. cluck
  3. stroak
  4. fondling
  1. flab
  2. paddler
  3. leaf-mould

rhymes (4)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. guzzle
  1. muzzle
  1. puzzle
  1. uzzle

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. noozle
  2. nosel
  1. nosil
  2. noursle
  1. nousle
  2. nozzle
  1. nursle
  2. nustle
  1. snuzzle
  2. nose
  1. muzzle

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  • lea I have never nuzzled with anyone. I swear. Feb 28, 2009

  • yarb What is it with ungulates and nuzzling? Nov 17, 2007

  • chained_bear Llama is one of the greatest words ever in the history of civilization on any planet. Ever. Nov 16, 2007

  • trivet Llamas nuzzle. Nov 16, 2007

  • yarb For me a nuzzle is specifically an affectionate rubbing with the lips, nose and surrounding area. Camels are well-equipped physically for nuzzling, but temperamentally unsuited. Nov 16, 2007

  • andyfowler and all the while shall my heart be
    With the bulge and nuzzle of the sea

    --e.e. cummings Oct 9, 2007

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