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Webster 1913 Edition


Snug

Snug

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Snugger
;
sup
erl.
Snuggest
.]
[Prov. E.
snug
tight, handsome; cf. Icel.
snöggr
smooth, ODan.
snög
neat, Sw.
snugg
.]
1.
Close and warm;
as, an infant lies
snug
.
2.
Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
Lie
snug
, and hear what critics say.
Swift.
3.
Compact, convenient, and comfortable;
as, a
snug
farm, house, or property
.

Snug

,
Noun.
(Mach.)
Same as
Lug
,
Noun.
, 3.

Snug

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Snugged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Snugging
.]
To lie close; to snuggle; to snudge; – often with up, or together;
as, a child
snugs
up to its mother
.

Snug

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To place snugly.
[R.]
Goldsmith.
2.
To rub, as twine or rope, so as to make it smooth and improve the finish.

Webster 1828 Edition


Snug

SNUG

,
Verb.
I.
[See Snake.] To lie close; as, a child snugs to its mother or nurse.

SNUG

, a.
1.
Lying close; closely pressed; as, an infant lies snug.
2.
Close; concealed; not exposed to notice. At Will's lie snug and hear what critics say.
3.
Being in good order; all convenient; neat; as a snug little farm.
4.
Close; neat; convenient; as a snug house.
5.
Slily or insidiously close. When you lay snug, to snap young Damon's goat.

Definition 2024


snug

snug

English

Noun

snug (plural snugs)

  1. (Britain) A small, comfortable back room in a pub.
  2. (engineering) A lug.

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Related terms

  • lounge bar
  • public bar
  • saloon bar
  • vault

Adjective

snug (comparative snugger, superlative snuggest)

  1. Comfortable; cosy (cozy); 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.
  2. Close-fitting.
  3. Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
    • Jonathan Swift:
      Lie snug, and hear what critics say.

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Verb

snug (third-person singular simple present snugs, present participle snugging, simple past and past participle snugged)

  1. To make secure or snug.
  2. To snuggle or nestle.

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