snug
snug
Definition
snug (snug)
adjective snugger snug′·ger, snuggest snug′·gest
- protected from the weather or the cold; warm and cozy
- small but well arranged; compact and convenient; neat; trim a snug cottage
- large enough to provide ease and comfort: said of an income
- tight or close in fit a snug coat, a snug joint
- trim and well-built; seaworthy
- hidden or concealed to lie snug
Etymology: Early ModE < naut. language, prob. via E Fris snugge, Du snugger, smooth, neat < Scand, as in ON snøggr, short-haired, short (hence, tight, taut) < IE *ksneu- < base *kes-, to comb, shear (hair) > Gr xainein, to comb
transitive verb
to make snug or secure
noun
Brit. snuggery
snug down
Naut. to make ready for a storm by reducing sail, lashing movable gear, etc.
snug
Synonyms
snug
modif.
Cozy
homelike, compact, convenient, sheltered; see comfortable 2.Close in fit
tight, trim, well-built, close. See syn. study at comfortable.comfortable.
snug
Usage Examples
Preposition: as
- bug: Once I was tucked up in bed I was as snug as a bug in a sleeping bag.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- keep: The tailgate may be closed with the awning left up to keep the bedroom snug at night.
Modifies a noun
- fit: A snug fit under each band can be achieved in the same way.
- fitting: The Tots Wrap is more waterproof and snug fitting.
- bar: Elegant guest drawing / TV room, snug bar, full size snooker room.
- cottage: English Tourist Council - 4 stars A snug, quiet cottage on one level.
- corner: CHORUS 6. O fortune I wad you favor me In some snug corner her to see.
- bed: It's 2.30am on a freezing January morning and the pager's just woken you from a deep sleep in a snug warm bed.
Modifying Another Word
- all: For to-night I can make the poor fellow all snug with the tarpaulin of your boat.
- very: Ed ale leads to Hope where there is a very snug little pub in which we had taken refuge from the rain last summer.
- really: The string is a really snug fit in the slit.
- so: I feel so snug, back at home in my original fandom.
- up: But lovers will not see or hear or know, They're wrapped up snug in their own rosy glow.
- too: The rope around his wrists and ankles were too snug, his suit jacket was all bunched up under his armpits.
Used with why or when
- when: A fleece inner collar means that the jacket is cozy and feels snug when zipped up.
Used with adjective complement
- sit: Only a couple millimeters, but it no longer digs in to my forehead, and sits much more snug.
- nestle: The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of computer games danced in their heads.
- fit: Made of a soft rubber the rabbit fits snug at the base of the mans penis effectively helping maintain an erection.
- feel: Now, push the cylinder back down the bell until it feels snug.
Preposition: in
- winter: Under floor heating throughout keeps all the rooms snug in the winter!
