snug

Etymology

From dialectal English snug (“tight, handsome”), perhaps from Old Norse snøggr, from Proto-Germanic *snawwuz (“short, quick, fast”). Compare Icelandic snöggur (“smooth”), Danish snög (“neat”), Swedish snygg (“handsome, nice-looking”).

adj

1. Warm and comfortable; cosy.
   I felt snug tucked up in my snug bed.
   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. 1853, Melville, Herman, Bartleby, the Scrivener, in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin Books, 1968; reprint 1995 as Bartleby, page 2
2. Satisfactory.
   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. 1853, Melville, Herman, Bartleby, the Scrivener, in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin Books, 1968; reprint 1995 as Bartleby, page 2
3. Close-fitting.
   [I]t does make it clear that adding the keyboard case to the PinePhone will more than double the thickness. You may still be able to slide the whole thing into your pocket, but it’s likely to be more of a snug fit than when using the phone on its own. 2021-04-23, Brad Linder, “PinePhone keyboard prototype transforms the Linux phone into a tiny Linux laptop”, in Linux Smartphones
4. Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.

noun

1. (Britain) A small, comfortable back room in a pub.
2. (engineering) A lug.

verb

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