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hug | huggy |

As a noun hug

is an affectionate close embrace.

As a verb hug

is to crouch; huddle as with cold.

As an adjective huggy is

tending to hug; affectionate in a physical way.

hug

English

(wikipedia hug)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An affectionate close embrace.

    • Verb

    (hugg)
  • (obsolete) To crouch; huddle as with cold.
    • (Palsgrave)
  • To cling closely together.
  • To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.
  • To stay close to (the shore etc.)
  • * , chapter=8
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}
  • (figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
  • * Glanvill
    • We hug deformities if they bear our names.

    Synonyms

    * accoll (obsolete) * coll * embrace

    See also

    * cuddle * huggle * kiss * snuggle * squeeze

    Derived terms

    * body-hugging ----

    huggy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Tending to hug; affectionate in a physical way.
  • * 2007 , Joseph Finder, Killer Instinct? , p. 58:
    • Gordy, who looks sort of like a bear cub, only not cute, is a very huggy person.
  • * 2004 , Lani Diane Rich, Time Off for Good Behavior? , p. 136:
    • I wasn't typically a huggy person, but I knew better than to argue with anyone in Bones's genetic line.
  • * 2001 , Joseph H. Berke, Beyond Madness: Psychosocial Interventions in Psychosis? , p. 197:
    • Sonia is an affectionate but not very huggy woman.