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

1. transitive verb. To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.
2. transitive verb. To nestle; to house, as in a nest.
3. intransitive verb. To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud.
4. intransitive verb. To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down.
5. transitive verb. To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle.
6. transitive verb. To loiter; to idle.
7. verb. dig out with the snout

   "the pig nuzzled the truffle"

8. verb. rub noses

   Synonyms: nose

9. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: cuddle, nest, nestle, snuggle

Synonyms

nose, cuddle, nest, nestle, snuggle

Common word forms

nuzzled, nuzzler, nuzzles, nuzzling

Words from these letters

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