snug
English
Etymology
From dialectal English snug (“tight, handsome”), maybe from Proto-Norse *snaggwuz. Compare Icelandic snöggur (“smooth”), Danish snög (“neat”), Swedish snygg.
Pronunciation
Adjective
snug (comparative snugger, superlative snuggest)
- Warm and comfortable; cosy.
- I felt snug tucked up in my snug bed.
- 1849, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, The Caxtons: A Family Picture - Volume 1:
- Now, if in a stage coach in the depth of winter, when three passengers are warm and snug, a fourth, all besnowed and frozen, descends from the outside and takes place amongst them, straightway all the three passengers shift their places, […]
- 1853, Melville, Herman, Bartleby, the Scrivener, in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin Books, 1968; reprint 1995 as Bartleby, →ISBN, 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, 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, page 2:
- Close-fitting.
- Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
- (Can we date this quote by Jonathan Swift and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Lie snug, and hear what critics say.
- (Can we date this quote by Jonathan Swift and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Synonyms
- (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
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
comfortable; cosy, cozy
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close fitting
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Noun
snug (plural snugs)
- (British) A small, comfortable back room in a pub.
- (engineering) A lug.
Translations
room in a pub
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See also
Verb
snug (third-person singular simple present snugs, present participle snugging, simple 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, 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, page 15:
- To snuggle or nestle.
- (transitive) To make smooth.
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