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Hugging   /hˈəgɪŋ/   Listen
noun
hugging  n.  Affectionate embracing; caressing.
Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, fondling, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling.


verb
Hug  v. t.  
1.
To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace. "And huggen me in his arms."
2.
To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish. "We hug deformities if they bear our names."
3.
(Naut.) To keep close to; as, to hug the land; to hug the wind.
To hug one's self, to congratulate one's self; to chuckle.


Hug  v. i.  (past & past part. hugged; pres. part. hugging)  
1.
To cower; to crouch; to curl up. (Obs.)
2.
To crowd together; to cuddle. (Obs.)





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"Hugging" Quotes from Famous Books



... all the Bobbsey twins at once, and they made a rush for Mr. Bobbsey, hugging and ...
— The Bobbsey Twins at School • Laura Lee Hope
... for a minute, speechless with surprise and delight. Then Dodo made a rush for the Doctor's chair, and hugging him round the neck, cried, "Dear Uncle Roy, will you please let us stay in here a little while, so that we can learn what sort of animals birds are, and all about them? And will you tell Nat why you let yourself shoot birds ...
— Citizen Bird • Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues
... the paper hanging young man entered, swinging an empty dinner pail and halted in polite surprise before a flushed young girl in full fencing costume, who sat on his operating table, feet crossed, convulsively hugging a book to the scarlet heart embroidered on ...
— The Green Mouse • Robert W. Chambers
... came the whole story. They were scolded, they were punished, they were comforted and kissed, and Mollie went to bed that night hugging Evelina, the rosy-cheeked beauty, ...
— A Big Temptation • L. T. Meade
... cat," oracularly observed Waldo. "Without showing it too mighty plainly, one or the other of us can always be ready and prepared to dump the laddy-buck, in case he tries to come any of his didoes. And, at the same time, we can be hugging up to him just as sweetly as though we knew he was on the dead ...
— The Lost City • Joseph E. Badger, Jr.


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