Usually means: Comfortably fitting, warm, and secure.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word Snug:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. snug: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. snug: Merriam-Webster
  3. snug: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. snug, snug: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. snug: Collins English Dictionary
  6. snug: Vocabulary.com
  7. Snug, snug: Wordnik
  8. snug: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. snug: Wiktionary
  10. snug: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. snug: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. snug: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. snug: Dictionary.com
  14. snug: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. snug: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Snug (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Snug, The snug: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Snug: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. snug: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. snug: Rhymezone
  20. snug: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. snug: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. snug: FreeDictionary.org
  23. snug: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. snug: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Snug (disambiguation), snug: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. snug: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SNUG: Acronym Finder
  2. snug: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. snug, snug, snug, snug: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Snug: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  3. snug: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (snug)

▸ adjective:  Warm and comfortable; cosy.
▸ adjective:  Satisfactory.
▸ adjective:  Close-fitting.
▸ adjective:  Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
▸ noun:  (British) A small, comfortable back room in a pub.
▸ noun:  (engineering) A lug.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To make secure or snug.
▸ verb:  To snuggle or nestle.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To make smooth.

Similar:
cozy, cosy, snuggery, comfortable, comfy, close-fitting, tight, secure, close, protected, more...

Opposite:
spacious, roomy, spaciousness, roominess

Phrases:
snug harbor, snug as a bug, snug as a bug in a rug, snug down, Snug Cove, more...

Adjectives:
little, more, fit, real, right, nice, kept, pretty, very, live, pernicious

Colors:
    soft taupe,     deep burgundy,     burnt sienna,     autumn orange,     forest green, more...


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Similar:
cozy, cosy, snuggery, comfortable, comfy, close-fitting, tight, secure, close, protected, more...

Opposite:
spacious, roomy, spaciousness, roominess

Phrases:
snug harbor, snug as a bug, snug as a bug in a rug, snug down, Snug Cove, Sailors' Snug Harbor, snug head covering, snug retreats, snug retreat, warm and snug, snug place, snug fit, snug home, opposite of snug, more...

Adjectives:
little, more, fit, real, right, nice, kept, pretty, very, live, pernicious

Colors:
    soft taupe,     deep burgundy,     burnt sienna,     autumn orange,     forest green, more...



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