Hug vs Shug - What's the difference?
hug | shug |
(obsolete) To crouch; huddle as with cold.
To cling closely together.
To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.
To stay close to (the shore etc.)
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, title= (figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
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A Scottish nickname usually applied to people with the first name Hew or Hugh or other spellings of this name.
As a noun hug
is younger sister.As a verb shug is
(uk|dialect|obsolete) to writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch.hug
English
(wikipedia hug)Verb
(hugg)- (Palsgrave)
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- We hug deformities if they bear our names.