huggle

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verb

To hug and snuggle simultaneously: gesture of tender non-sexual affection.

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Meanings

verbhuggle (third-person singular simple present huggles, present participle huggling, simple past and past participle huggled)

present singular third person huggles · participle present huggling · participle past huggled · past huggled

  1. InternetchildishTo hug and snuggle simultaneously: gesture of tender non-sexual affection.
  2. InternetTo hug and cuddle.
  3. archaicTo huddle.

    Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard, e.g. in William Allingham, The ballad book: a selection of the choicest British ballads, Sever and Francis, 1865, p. 269. Lie still, lie still, thou little Musgrave, / And huggle me from the cold; / 'tis nothing but a shepherds boy, / A-driving his sheep to fold.

nounhuggle (plural huggles)

plural huggles

  1. InternetchildishA hug while snuggling: gesture of tender non-sexual affection.

Origin

Frequentative of hug: hug + -le.

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Translations

French câlinou
  • câlinoua hug (Internet or childish use)
Hungarian ölelgetés, szeretgetés
  • ölelgetésa hug (Internet or childish use)
  • szeretgetésa hug (Internet or childish use)
Swedish kramis, kjam
  • kramisa hug (Internet or childish use)
  • kjama hug (Internet or childish use)
  • kjamisa hug (Internet or childish use)
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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