huggle

English

Etymology

Frequentative of hug: hug +‎ -le.

Pronunciation

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Verb

huggle (third-person singular simple present huggles, present participle huggling, simple past and past participle huggled)

1. (Internet, childish) To hug and snuggle simultaneously: gesture of tender non-sexual affection.
2. (Internet) To hug and cuddle.
3. (archaic) To huddle.
   • Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard, e.g. in William Allingham, The ballad book: a selection of the choicest British ballads, Sever and Francis, 1865, p. 269.

     Lie still, lie still, thou little Musgrave, | And huggle me from the cold; | 'tis nothing but a shepherds boy, | A-driving his sheep to fold.

Noun

huggle (plural huggles)

1. (Internet, childish) A hug while snuggling: gesture of tender non-sexual affection.

Translations

a hug (Internet or childish use)

French: câlinou (fr) m Hungarian: ölelgetés (hu), szeretgetés Swedish: kramis (sv) c, kjam (sv) c, kjamis c

Derived terms

• huggler
• huggly