Snug vs Shug - What's the difference?
snug | shug |
Comfortable; cosy (cozy); satisfactory.
* 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:
Close-fitting.
Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
* Jonathan Swift:
To make secure or snug.
* 1967 , edition, ISBN 0553025171, page 15:
To snuggle or nestle.
A Scottish nickname usually applied to people with the first name Hew or Hugh or other spellings of this name.
As verbs the difference between snug and shug
is that snug is to make secure or snug while shug is (uk|dialect|obsolete) to writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch.As a noun snug
is (british) a small, comfortable back room in a pub.As an adjective snug
is comfortable; cosy (cozy); satisfactory.snug
English
Adjective
(snugger)- 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.
- Lie snug , and hear what critics say.
Derived terms
* snugly * snug as a bug in a rugSynonyms
* cosy (cozy)Verb
- He snugged his Gun into its tunic holster, checked the scope on his Follower and left the room.