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View definitions for nuzzle

nuzzle

verb as in cuddle

Strongest match

Weak match

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Lily and the other calves suddenly swarmed around Roz and nuzzled her legs.

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“I don’t want to lose a finger,” Marc said as a chestnut horse nuzzled his palm.

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Then something subtle but definitive occurs as Chris rises off his couch: a man and a woman lean in and nuzzle his neck, coaxing both a shiver and a smile out of him.

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He followed this pair across rocky hillside for a couple of hours and took his shot when the male paused to nuzzle the female.

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He nuzzles the other side of her neck and says: "It smells good".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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