nuzzle up against

nuzzle up against someone or something

and nuzzle up (to someone or something)

[for an animal] to rub its nose against someone or something; to rub against someone or something, softly, in the manner of rubbing the nose against someone or something; to snuggle up to someone or something. (Nuzzle is related to nose.) The dog nuzzled up against my leg, wanting to be friends. The dog nuzzled up to me and licked my hand.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Giannino	jahn-NEE-no	Italian
David	DAY-vid (English), dah-VEED (Jewish, Spanish), da-VEED (French), DAH-vit (German, Dutch), DAH-vid (Swedish, Norwegian), dah-VEET (Russian)	English, Hebrew, French, Scottish, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, C
'Avishay	-	Biblical Hebrew
Haze	HAYZ	English (Rare)
Ravid	-	Hebrew
Baudelio	-	Spanish