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cud·dling

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snugglingnoun

    affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

GCIDE

  1. cuddlingnoun

    holding close in a tender and afectionate manner.

  2. cuddlingnoun

    lying closely together while caressing; nestling together.

Wikipedia

  1. cuddling

    A hug is a form of endearment, universal in most human communities, in which two or more people put their arms around the neck, back, or waist of one another and hold each other closely. If more than two people are involved, it may be referred to as a group hug. Hugs can last for any duration.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cuddling

    of Cuddle

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cuddling in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cuddling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of cuddling in a Sentence

  1. Lori Kraft:

    Staying at a domestic violence shelter doesn’t really feel normal, but being in a cuddle room, cuddling with your cat or dog, and that feels like home.

  2. Detective Superintendent Rod Wilde:

    She has done a bit of sleeping and a lot of eating, a lot of lying around and cuddling.

  3. Kimberly Jensen:

    There are couples out there where one person is more affectionate than the other. Maybe it they can bring their partner to the convention to show them cuddling is normal.

  4. Erik Pevernagie:

    At times we pick from our “extensive time experience” some enchanting moments that are cuddling in our mind. They are stolen moments from our durational perception and we are keen on holding them preciously in our memory’s Garden of Eden. ("Stolen moments" )

  5. Danu Stinson:

    They're cuddling by the fire, they're going on trips together, they're introducing their friends to their family, but they're very clear that those are friendships, it really makes me think about the definitions that we have about friendship and romance, and how those things differ, and I just like how messy it all is.

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