huggle

== English == === Etymology === Frequentative of hug: hug +‎ -le. === Pronunciation === === Verb === huggle (third-person singular simple present huggles, present participle huggling, simple past and past participle huggled) (Internet, childish) To hug and snuggle simultaneously: gesture of tender non-sexual affection. (Internet) To hug and cuddle. (archaic) To 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. === Noun === huggle (plural huggles) (Internet, childish) A hug while snuggling: gesture of tender non-sexual affection. ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms ===