cuddle bug

noun

A cuddly person or animal.

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Meanings

nouncuddle bug (plural cuddle bugs)

plural cuddle bugs · alternative cuddlebug

  1. informalA cuddly person or animal.
  2. informalA term of endearment, especially for a young girl or a female relationship partner.

    Cassidy is our six-year-old. She is our little cuddle bug and daddy's girl.

    2013, N.M. Lander, The December Angel, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 17
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    That same night my cuddle bug climbed in bed with me, her sweet little face pressed close to mine on the pillow. Soon her wiggling woke me up enough that I got up to go to the bathroom. As soon as I lay back down next to her sleepy face, ...

    2008, Tally Flint, The Mommy Diaries: Finding Yourself in the Daily Adventure, Baker Books, →ISBN

    Pretty please.” the sweet pigtailed McKayla said, with sleep already evident in her loveable toddler voice, as her dad walked her up the stairs of their pristine Nebraska farm house. “Not tonight cuddle bug, your eyes are already starting to drop.

    2009, Celestino Jaime Oliveira, Behind Closed Doors, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 9

Origin

From cuddle + bug (“enthusiast”).

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APA

cuddle bug. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuddle%20bug

MLA

“cuddle bug.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuddle%20bug. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cuddle bug,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuddle%20bug.

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