to nuzzle

Examples

• All

• My father's gray saw me with my outstretched hand and nuzzled up to me.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Repeatedly, Hael stroked its head, and soon the cabo tried to nuzzle his palm with its nose.

  Fiction book (1990)

• When she woke, the dog was still on the floor of the cave, its long nose nuzzled against the boy's chest.

  Fiction book (1992)

• At one point, he stops the car and watches a small herd nuzzling fresh bales of hay.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Brokefang let the girl hug him fiercely about the neck and nuzzled her in reply.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The cub nuzzles and sniffs at Lefty.

  Fiction book (1997)

• A pair of geese waddled by, nuzzling against Mike's boots, which Snow suddenly noticed were streaked with reddish-brown.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The small puppies began to nuzzle their mother, trying to find her warm milk.

• As the cold wind blew, the dog nuzzled into my side for warmth and comfort.

• The kitten playfully nuzzled my hand, searching for attention and affection.

Synonyms

S

to snuff

vsto nuzzle

• Archaic

3 7.9

To smell something quickly to see what it is

involves active digging and pushing material aside while searching with the nose

S

to snuffle

vsto nuzzle

1 7.5

To breathe through the nose to smell and find things

is about digging out and pushing material aside rather than noisy smelling

W

to whuffle

vsto nuzzle

1 9.9

To make a soft sniffing sound when looking for something

is focused on digging and rooting with the nose rather than soft breathing

S

to snout

vsto nuzzle

8.1

To look for food by pushing the nose into the ground

is broader, meaning to dig out or push material aside while searching

How Vigorous

to root

14 9.0

to nuzzle

2 4.6

to nudge

33 3.8

sniff

84 1.1

Surface Forms

Etymology