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Cuddling   /kˈədlɪŋ/   Listen
noun
cuddling  n.  
1.
Holding close in a tender and afectionate manner.
2.
Lying closely together while caressing; nestling together.
3.
Foreplay without contact with the genital organs. (slang)
Synonyms: caressing, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling.


verb
Cuddle  v. t.  To embrace closely; to fondle.


Cuddle  v. i.  (past & past part. cuddled; pres. part. cuddling)  To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle. "She cuddles low beneath the brake; Nor would she stay, nor dares she fly."





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"Cuddling" Quotes from Famous Books



... Camelot," she repeated, cuddling close to him as if to show that there were dearer places than that gorgeous city, "I saw a knight and a lady getting married. And lots of other knights were there—they didn't wear their fighting clothes—and lots of other ...
— New Faces • Myra Kelly
... girl cuddling close to Catherine, her eyes turning only from the pictured page to Catherine's face, ...
— The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted • Katharine Ellis Barrett
... exclaimed Jerry. "Here's a swamp with all manner of wild animals in it, from alligators and wildcats to mosquitoes by the million. How do we know but what some of them might take a notion to come aboard in the night? I can see myself waking up to find a bobtailed cat cuddling up under my blanket with me; or a ten-foot 'gator sprawled out across Will, here, asking to have his picture taken. Tell me about that, will ...
— The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf • Captain Quincy Allen
... women; the boys condescended to Babbitt, they wore evening-clothes, and with hauteur they accepted cigarettes from silver cases. Babbitt had heard stories of what the Athletic Club called "goings on" at young parties; of girls "parking" their corsets in the dressing-room, of "cuddling" and "petting," and a presumable increase in what was known as Immorality. To-night he believed the stories. These children seemed bold to him, and cold. The girls wore misty chiffon, coral velvet, or cloth of gold, and around their dipping bobbed ...
— Babbitt • Sinclair Lewis
... darkness beneath me. It was the bayonet of the sentinel below, and so close was it (the second wall being rather lower than the first) that I could easily, by leaning over, have unscrewed it from its socket. There he was, humming a tune to himself, and cuddling up against the wall to keep himself warm, little thinking that a desperate man within a few feet of him was within an ace of stabbing him to the heart with his own weapon. I was already bracing myself for the spring when the fellow, with an oath, shouldered his musket, and I heard his ...
— The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard • Arthur Conan Doyle


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