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hug

UK/hʌɡ/ US/hʊɡ/ common
verb (2) noun (1)

verb

1.

hug, usually with fondness

  • “Hug me, please”
  • “They embraced”
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2.

fit closely or tightly

  • “She dress hugged her hipds”

noun

1.

a tight or amorous embrace

  • “come here and give me a big hug”
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Origin

From earlier hugge (“to embrace, clasp with the arms”) (1560), probably representing a conflation of huck (“to crouch, huddle down”) and Old Norse hugga (“to comfort, console”), from hugr (“mind, heart, thought”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind, thought, sense”), cognate with Icelandic hugga (“to comfort”), Old English hyġe (“thought”) (whence high (Etymology 2)).

Phrases

  • bear hug
  • bro hug
  • bunny hug
  • hug box
  • hug button
  • hug it out
  • hug machine
  • hug of death
  • hug oneself
  • man hug

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