Snug

Noun

 * 1)  small, comfortable back room in a pub

Adjective

 * 1) comfortable; cosy (cozy); satisfactory
 * 2) * 1853, Melville, Herman, Bartleby, the Scrivener, in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin Books, 1968; reprint 1995 as Bartleby, ISBN 0146000129, page 2:
 * I am one of those unambitious lawyers who never addresses a jury, or in any way draws down public applause; but, in the cool tranquillity of a snug retreat, do a snug business among rich men's bonds, and mortgages, and title-deeds.
 * 1) close-fitting

Derived terms

 * snugly
 * snug as a bug in a rug

Synonyms

 * cosy (cozy)

Related terms

 * snuggle
 * snuggly

Verb

 * 1) To make secure or snug.
 * 2) *1967, William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run, May 1976 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553025171, page 15:
 * He snugged his Gun into its tunic holster, checked the scope on his Follower and left the room.
 * 1) To snuggle or nestle.

Adverbs for Snug
compactly; securely; safely; closely; comfortably; happily; fortunately; pleasantly; warmly; reasonably; agreeably; delightfully; luckily; sufficiently; satisfactorily; deliciously.

Thesaurus
airtight, airworthy, anal, autistic, bashful, bold, brief, brusque, burrow, casual, cheerful, chipper, close, close-tongued, closemouthed, comfortable, comfy, commodious, compact, concise, contented, convenient, cosy, cozy, croodle, cuddle, curt, cushioned, cushiony, cushy, dinky, dissociable, dumb, dustproof, dusttight, easeful, easy, economical of words, fast, firm, fit for sea, friendly, gasproof, gastight, hermetic, hermetically sealed, homelike, homely, homey, homish, incompatible, indisposed to talk, insociable, intimate, laconic, lightproof, lighttight, lived-in, luxurious, mopey, mopish, morose, mum, mute, neat, nestle, nongregarious, nuzzle, oilproof, oiltight, orderly, peaceful, plain, quiet, rainproof, raintight, relaxing, reposeful, restful, roomy, sea-kindly, sealed, seaworthy, self-contained, self-sufficient, sheltered, shipshape, short, shut fast, silent, simple, sleek, slick, smart, smokeproof, smoketight, snug down, snug up, socially incompatible, soft, sparing of words, speechless, spick-and-span, spruce, staunch, stiff, stormproof, stormtight, sullen, taciturn, tender, terse, tidy, tight, tight-lipped, tongue-tied, trig, trim, tuck in, unclubbable, uncluttered, uncommunicative, uncompanionable, uncongenial, unfriendly, ungenial, unloquacious, unpretending, unsociable, unsocial, untalkative, warm, water-repellant, waterproof, watertight, weatherly, well-cared-for, well-groomed, well-to-do, windproof, windtight, word-bound, wordless

Etymology
From dialectical English snug (tight, handsome), maybe from. Compare Icelandic snöggur: (smooth), Old Danish snög: (neat), Swedish snygg:.

Noun

 * Finnish:


 * Galician: reservado
 * Irish: clúid, cúláisean

Related terms

 * lounge bar
 * public bar
 * saloon bar
 * vault

Adjective

 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian:, meghitt


 * Italian:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Finnish: vartalonmyötäinen, tiukka


 * Spanish: ,

Anagrams

 * gnus, guns, nugs, sung