Dictionary Entry
nuzzle
nuzzle is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. Face value is 24 in Scrabble and 27 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 24 · Words With Friends 27 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.
- 2transitive verb
To nestle; to house, as in a nest.
- 3intransitive verb
To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud.
- 4intransitive verb
To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down.
- 5transitive verb
To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle.
- 6transitive verb
To loiter; to idle.
- 7verb
dig out with the snout
"the pig nuzzled the truffle"
- 8verb
rub noses
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- 9verb
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"
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