cuddling

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noun

The act of giving a cuddle.

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Meanings

nouncuddling (plural cuddlings)

plural cuddlings

  1. The act of giving a cuddle.

    Una envied all children their mothers. She had been only six when her mother died, but she had some very precious memories, treasured in her soul like jewels, of twilight cuddlings and morning frolics […]

    1919, Lucy Montgomery, Rainbow Valley, page 28
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of cuddle

Synonyms & antonyms

nounaffectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

Similar
caressingfondlinghuggingkissingneckingpettingsmoochingsnuggling
Broader
foreplayarousalstimulation
Also see
caressingfondlinghuggingkissingneckingpettingsnuggling

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Spanish cariñoseo (p.u.)
  • cariñoseo (p.u.)Translations
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“cuddling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuddling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cuddling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuddling.

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