0 present participle of nuzzle
1 to touch, rub, or press something or someone gently and/or in a way that shows your love, especially with the head or nose, usually with small repeated movements:
These included for example, brief nuzzling of baby with lip raised and teeth bared; and slowly approaching infant on all fours with stiff arms and legs, without game meta-signals.
And all along the line the questing, gentle trunks came nuzzling.
Male forms of courtship behavior include nuzzling, biting, and head and flipper movements.
He wears a wide-brimmed round hat and a long red cloak, and a white fawn is nuzzling his upturned hands.
After encountering a female (who possibly exudes a pheromone to signal her reproductive status), the male uses head movements, nuzzling, biting, or flipper movements to determine her receptiveness.
