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• n  affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
• v  move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
• v  hold (a person or thing) close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth

• So, where should parents draw the line between goodnight cuddling and unhealthy bedtime coddling? Sleep researcher Jodi Mindell says it has less to do with where the baby's crib is .
• He told friends making love to her was like "cuddling a piece of gristle.
• After Oprah famously went 16 years between visits to Letterman's show, no one expected to see the two hosts cuddling in front of the tube together wearing the jerseys from their .

• caressing
• fondling
• hugging
• kissing
• necking
• petting
• smooching
• snuggling
• cuddle
• snuggle
• nestle
• nest
• nuzzle
• draw close

News & Articles

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• Alexander Skarsgard and Ellen Page Are Dating
  Alexander Skarsgard may have been secretly dating Ellen Page for the past year, as the director of their recent movie just snapped a photo of them cuddling while on tour. They were in movie "The East," and are now promoting it on tour. The photo was taken in San Francisco. In the Twitter post, the director said, "This reminds me of shooting. When we'd lie in the grass listening to Toby practice ...
  June 11, 2013 - Opposing Views
• Morning Review: When baby is born in car on way to hospital, doctor-dad is there to catch her
  “I had a baby in the car,” her mother, Catie Kilkenney, said wonderingly. She was sitting in a bed at Metro Health hospital on Thursday afternoon, June 6, cuddling little Molly.
  June 7, 2013 - The Grand Rapids Press
• Jessica Simpson's Personal Pregnancy Snaps!
  Since announcing her second pregnancy with a cute tweet in December, Jessica Simpson 's been all about posting photos of her growing bump as she is about to expand her family of three. This week, she shared a sweet snap of her fiancé, Eric Johnson, cuddling up with their daughter, Maxwell, and a funny picture of herself in a balloon sweater. Over the weekend, Jessica flaunted her stomach ...
  June 5, 2013 - PopSugar

Quotes

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• Vince Cable in International Herald Tribune
  The prime minister spent over a decade actively promoting a financial system devoid of morality and cuddling up to the bankers who have caused this crisis, so his newfound desire for moral markets smacks of hypocrisy,Cable said.
• Simon Katich in The Australian
  I am definitely not the cuddling type. I probably haven't shown him enough love yet,Katich said. "That's not to say that I don't like the big fella, but I prefer to keep things a bit more macho."
• Andy Robinson in Independent
  Speaking at the Heineken Cup launch in Cardiff, the Edinburgh director of rugby Robinson said: "There will be times when you needle each other, times when you're going to be cuddling each other and times when you're going to have disagreements....