Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To hug; embrace.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To hug.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Internet, childish To hug and snuggle simultaneously: gesture of tender non-sexual affection.
  • verb Internet To hug and cuddle.
  • verb archaic To huddle.
  • noun Internet, childish A hug while snuggling: gesture of tender non-sexual affection.

Etymologies

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Frequentative of hug: hug +‎ -le.

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  • Huggle, To both hug and snuggle, can such a thing be?

    ex. She wrapped her arms about the panda and nuzzled it's furry chest in an amorous huggle. To her surprise the black and white bear huggled her back, she never knew it was a man in a panda suit.

    February 7, 2007

  • Such a thing _must_ be.

    May 15, 2007

  • Huggle, a portmanteau of hug and snuggle.

    March 17, 2023