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What (who) is snug - definition
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Snug (disambiguation)
Snug
·vt To place snugly.
II. Snug ·noun ·same·as Lug, ·noun, 3.
III. Snug ·superl Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
IV. Snug ·superl Close and warm; as, an infant lies snug.
V. Snug ·vt To rub, as twine or rope, so as to make it smooth and improve the finish.
VI. Snug ·superl Compact, convenient, and comfortable; as, a snug farm, house, or property.
- often with up, or together; as, a child snugs up to its mother.
snug
I. v. n.
Snuggle, lie close, nestle.
II. a.
1.
Close, concealed.
2.
Comfortable, convenient, compact, neat, trim.
snug
¦ adjective (snugger, snuggest)
1. warm and cosy.
2. very tight or close-fitting.
3. archaic (of an income or employment) allowing one to live in comfort.
¦ noun Brit. a small, cosy public room in a pub or small hotel.
¦ verb (snugs, snugging, snugged) chiefly N. Amer. place or settle safely or cosily.
Derivatives
snugly adverb
snugness noun
Origin
C16 (orig. in naut. use in the sense 'shipshape, compact, prepared for bad weather'): prob. of Low Ger. or Du. origin.
Wikipedia
Snug
Snug may refer to:
- Snug (A Midsummer Night's Dream), a character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Snug (piercing), a type of piercing
- Snug, Tasmania, a small town on the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, in the municipality of Kingborough in Tasmania
- Snug Corner, a town on Acklins island, Bahamas
- Snug, a den or small room
- Snug, a character in the webcomic Ugly Hill
- Snug, a small private room within a public house
Examples of use of snug
1. You want to feel the undercarriage is secure and snug.
2. Snug burrows offer protection from harsh weather and avian predators.
3. But with all these confined lavish facilities, were the leaders contented in their snug villas!
4. Murray wears the kings clothes and they are a snug fit.
5. Their inhabitants are living snug in Port Stanley, a veritable metropolis by comparison.