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{
"nuzzle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to lie close or snug":[],
": to root, rub, or touch with or as if with the nose":[],
": to rub or push gently against something":[
"nuzzled her face against the cushion"
]
},
"examples":[
"The dog nuzzled my leg.",
"He nuzzled into her neck.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jessie Holmes takes a break from cooking his dogs a meal to nuzzle with two wheel dogs at the Ophir checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. \u2014 CBS News , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Then the cow will often try to nuzzle or lick or otherwise check out the new item. \u2014 Anna Fifield, Washington Post , 24 Aug. 2020",
"Caesar, who can often be seen nuzzling McCool\u2019s white beard, seemed thrown off, too, by his cloth mask. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 May 2020",
"When volunteers walked by their cages, the animals nuzzled next to their wire cages behind a bar fence to get closer. \u2014 Tessa Duvall, The Courier-Journal , 22 Feb. 2020",
"The unnamed calf was born at Potter Park Zoo on Tuesday before 6 a.m. The 12-year-old mother, Doppsee, nuzzled her baby within minutes and the calf was standing up about 90 minutes later, according to the zoo. \u2014 USA TODAY , 26 Dec. 2019",
"Brown stew chicken, on the other hand, embraces a mild sweetness \u2014 soft, fall-apart thighs and legs that nuzzle up to rice and peas and a pile of sauteed cabbage. \u2014 Dominic Armato, azcentral , 9 Mar. 2020",
"Stark handed a monkey to a girl standing nearby, and the primate nuzzled into her jacket and wrapped its long tail around her thigh. \u2014 Tessa Duvall, The Courier-Journal , 22 Feb. 2020",
"As a result, Hayward carries her shoulders in an inverted boomerang arch, for instance, and nuzzles the hapless but irresistible magician Laurie Davidson (Mr. Mistoffeles) cheek to furry cheek. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 19 Dec. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1530, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English noselen to bring the nose toward the ground, from nose":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u0259-z\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"cuddle",
"nestle",
"snoozle",
"snuggle"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213043",
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}