[nuhz-uh
l] 
verb, -zled, -zling, noun | 1. | to burrow or root with the nose, snout, etc., as an animal does: a rabbit nuzzling into the snow. |
| 2. | to thrust the nose, muzzle, etc.: The dog nuzzled up to his master. |
| 3. | to lie very close to someone or something; cuddle or snuggle up. |
| 4. | to root up with the nose, snout, etc.: training pigs to nuzzle truffles from the ground. |
| 5. | to touch or rub with the nose, snout, muzzle, etc. |
| 6. | to thrust the nose, muzzle, snout, etc., against or into: The horse was nuzzling my pocket for sugar. |
| 7. | to thrust (the nose or head), as into something. |
| 8. | to lie very close to; cuddle or snuggle up to. |
| 9. | an affectionate embrace or cuddle. |
| nuz·zle (nŭz'əl) v. nuz·zled, nuz·zling, nuz·zles v. tr.
[Middle English noselen, to bend down, perhaps back-formation from noselyng, on the face, prostrate, from nose, nose; see nose.] nuz'zler n. |
