Word a Day
snug
What does snug mean?
snug (adjective): warm and comfortable; cosy.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use snug in a sentence?
How do you pronounce snug?
/snʌɡ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does snug come from?
From dialectal English snug (“tight, handsome”), perhaps from Old Norse snøggr, from Proto-Germanic *snawwuz (“short, quick, fast”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “snug” mean?
huge, gigantic, very large
Not quite: that's what immense means.
silent; not making a sound
Not quite: that's what mute means.
having a sharp inclination
Not quite: that's what steep means.
warm and comfortable; cosy
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