Pronunciation Adjective
snug (comparative snugger, superlative snuggest)
- Warm and comfortable; cosy.
- I felt snug tucked up in my snug bed.
- 1853, Melville, Herman, Bartleby, the Scrivener, in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin Books, 1968; reprint 1995 as Bartleby, ISBN 0146000129, page 2:
- I am one of those unambitious lawyers who never addresses a jury, or in any way draws down public applause; but, in the cool tranquillity of a snug retreat, do a snug business among rich men's bonds, and mortgages, and title-deeds.
- Satisfactory.
- 1853, Melville, Herman, Bartleby, the Scrivener, in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin Books, 1968; reprint 1995 as Bartleby, ISBN 0146000129, page 2:
- I am one of those unambitious lawyers who never addresses a jury, or in any way draws down public applause; but, in the cool tranquillity of a snug retreat, do a snug business among rich men's bonds, and mortgages, and title-deeds.
- 1853, Melville, Herman, Bartleby, the Scrivener, in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin Books, 1968; reprint 1995 as Bartleby, ISBN 0146000129, page 2:
- Close-fitting.
- Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
- 1733, Jonathan Swift, On Poetry, a Rhapsody
- Lie snug, and hear what criticks say.
- 1733, Jonathan Swift, On Poetry, a Rhapsody
- (warm and comfortable) comfy, cosy/cozy, cushy, gemütlich
- (satisfactory) acceptable, good enough; see also Thesaurus:satisfactory
- (close-fitting) clingy, figure-hugging, form-fitting; see also Thesaurus:close-fitting
- (concealed) covered, tect; see also Thesaurus:hidden
- French: confortable, douillet
- German: wohlig
- Italian: confortevole
- Portuguese: confortável
- Russian: уютно
- Spanish: cómodo, confortable
snug (plural snugs)
Translations- German: Hinterraum; gemütlicher Hinterraum; gemütliche Ecke; Separee
snug (snugs, present participle snugging; past and past participle snugged)
- (transitive) To make secure or snug.
- 1967, William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run, May 1976 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553025171, page 15:
- He snugged his Gun into its tunic holster, checked the scope on his Follower and left the room.
- 1967, William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run, May 1976 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553025171, page 15:
- To snuggle or nestle.
- (transitive) To make smooth.
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