hug
IPA: hˈʌg
noun
- A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug").
- A particular grip in wrestling.
verb
- (intransitive, obsolete) To crouch; to huddle as with cold.
- (intransitive) To cling closely together.
- (transitive) To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.
- (transitive) To stay close to.
- (transitive, figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
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Examples of "hug" in Sentences
- Friends had pleasantries and hugs.
- That's the rationale of the hippie hug.
- They embrace in a hug and the video ends.
- A simple hug was shown at the ending of the video.
- Sometimes, it's a prickly and standoffish group hug.
- The feathery leaves are arranged in a ground hugging rosette.
- The ladies start hugging and kissing the unsuspecting brothers.
- Adoring mates are very likely to smother you in hugs and kisses.
- Tree hugging and birkestocks are passe, as is their vision for the military.
- She's the kind of girl that makes one itch to hug, kiss and mollycoddle her, and ward off the evil eye.
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