nuzzle

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To touch someone or something with the nose

She nuzzled her boyfriend in the cinema.

{v} to nurse, to go with the nose down
To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud
dig out with the snout; "the pig nuzzled the truffle"
If you nuzzle someone or something, you gently rub your nose and mouth against them to show affection. She nuzzled me and I cuddled her The dog came and nuzzled up against me. to gently rub or press your nose or head against someone to show you like them (nose)
dig out with the snout; "the pig nuzzled the truffle" rub noses
to stroke someone affectionately using the nose
To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down
move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position; "We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags"
rub noses
To loiter; to idle
{f} push against or rub with the nose or snout; nestle, snuggle
To nestle; to house, as in a nest
To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up
To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle
nose
nuzzled
past of nuzzle
nuzzled
{s} snuggled, cuddled; rubbed against (by a nose)
nuzzles
third-person singular of nuzzle
nuzzling
present participle of nuzzle
nuzzle

    Hyphenation

    nuz·zle

    Turkish pronunciation

    nʌzıl

    Pronunciation

    /ˈnəzəl/ /ˈnʌzəl/

    Etymology

    [ 'n&-z&l ] (verb.) 1530. 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).“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
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