CUDDLE, CUDDLING
ADJECTIVES
► AT IT cuddling and kissing → 19C sl.
► HUGSOME cuddlesome; sexually attractive; said of a woman → 19C Brit.
NOUNS
► CULLING a cuddling, an embracing → 1490 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GUZZLING cuddling and kissing → 1930s sl.
► LOVE-UP a cuddle or similar display of affection → 1953 sl.
► MIX AND MUDDLE a cuddle → 20C rhyming sl.
► SCOTCH GRAVAT a cuddle or hug → 1969 Sc.
► SCOTCH MUFFLER a cuddle or hug → 1969 Sc.
► SNOG a short but intense period of cuddling and kissing → 1959 UK sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► MOUSE a small, very feminine girl who invites being cuddled → 1900s sl.
► MUSHER a person who cuddles and kisses → 1940s US sl.
VERBS
► BILL AND COO to cuddle and kiss → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CALOOP to cuddle and kiss; to go courting → 1942 US sl.
► CANOE to cuddle, to caress sexually → M19 sl.
► CANOODLE to cuddle and kiss → 1859 sl., orig. US
► CROODLE to cuddle together for warmth; to nestle → 19C Eng. dial.
► FIRKY-TOODLE to cuddle or fondle; to caress; to indulge in sexual or physically intimate endearments → 18C Brit. sl.
► GRAUNCH to cuddle and kiss someone passionately → 20C S. Afr.
► HANDLE to cuddle, to put an arm around a girl’s waist → 19C Eng. dial.
► HUGGLE to cuddle, to hug, to embrace → 1583 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► JOHN CANOO to cuddle, to caress sexually → M19 sl.
► KAITLE to cuddle, to fondle → 1797 Sc. obs.
► LALLIGAG ► LALLYGAG ► LOLLIGAG ► LOLLYGAG to cuddle amorously → 1868 US sl.
► MUSH ► MUSH IT UP to cuddle, to kiss and caress → 1919 sl.
► SMOOCH to cuddle and kiss → 19C colloq.
► SMOODGE to cuddle and kiss → 19C colloq.
► SMOUCH to cuddle and kiss → 1588
► SMOUGE to cuddle and kiss → 19C colloq.
► SMUGGLE to cuddle, to caress, to fondle → 1679 obs.
► SNOG to cuddle and kiss → 1945 UK sl.
► SNOGGLE to cuddle; to snuggle; to kiss and caress → M20 US sl.
► SNOOGLE to cuddle; to snuggle; to kiss and caress → M20 US sl.
► SNOOZLE to cuddle while asleep → 1831 colloq.
► SNUDGE to cuddle, to nestle, to snuggle → 1633 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
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