different between snug vs elasticise

English

Etymology

From dialectal English snug (“tight, handsome”), maybe from Proto-Norse *snaggwuz. Compare Icelandic snöggur (“smooth”), Danish snög (“neat”), Swedish snygg.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sn?g, IPA^(key): /sn??/
• Rhymes: -??

Adjective

snug (comparative snugger, superlative snuggest)

1. Warm and comfortable; cosy.

   I felt snug tucked up in my snug bed.

   • 1853, Melville, Herman, Bartleby, the Scrivener, in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin Books, 1968; reprint 1995 as Bartleby, ?ISBN, 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.

2. Satisfactory.
   • 1853, Melville, Herman, Bartleby, the Scrivener, in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin Books, 1968; reprint 1995 as Bartleby, ?ISBN, 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.

3. Close-fitting.
4. Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
   • 1733, Jonathan Swift, On Poetry, a Rhapsody

     Lie snug, and hear what criticks say.

Synonyms

• (warm and comfortable): comfy, cosy/cozy, cushy, gemütlich
• (satisfactory): acceptable, good enough; see also Thesaurus:satisfactory
• (close-fitting): clingy, figure-hugging, form-fitting; see also Thesaurus:close-fitting
• (concealed): covered, tect; see also Thesaurus:hidden

Derived terms

• snuggish
• snugly
• snug as a bug in a rug

Related terms

• snuggle
• snuggly

Translations

Noun

snug (plural snugs)

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

Translations

See also

• lounge bar
• public bar
• saloon bar
• vault

Verb

snug (third-person singular simple present snugs, present participle snugging, simple past and past participle snugged)

1. (transitive) To make secure or snug.
   • 1967, William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run, May 1976 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 15:

     He snugged his Gun into its tunic holster, checked the scope on his Follower and left the room.

2. To snuggle or nestle.
3. (transitive) To make smooth.

Anagrams

• Ngus, Sung, Ungs, gnus, guns, nugs, sung

English

Alternative forms

• (US) elasticize

Etymology

elastic +? -ise

Verb

elasticise (third-person singular simple present elasticises, present participle elasticising, simple past and past participle elasticised)

1. (Britain) To make with elastic, by attaching elastic bands, so it adjusts in size and remains snug. Usually done to clothing.