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verb (used with object)
1.
to clasp tightly in the arms, especially with affection; embrace.
2.
to cling firmly or fondly to; cherish: to hug an opinion.
3.
to keep close to, as in sailing, walking, or in moving along or alongside of: to hug the shore; to hug the road.
verb (used without object)
4.
to cling together; lie close.
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Huggers
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
noun
5.
a tight clasp with the arms; embrace.
Origin:
1560–70; perhaps < Old Norse hugga to soothe, console; akin to Old English hogian to care for
1560–70; perhaps < Old Norse hugga to soothe, console; akin to Old English hogian to care for
Related forms
hug·ger, noun
hug·ging·ly, adverb
un·hugged, adjective
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Word Origin & History
hug
1567, hugge "to embrace," perhaps from O.N. hugga "to comfort," from hugr "courage, mood," from P.Gmc. *hugjan, related to O.E. hycgan "to think, consider," Goth. hugs "mind, soul, thought." Other have noted the similarity in some senses to Ger. hegen "to foster, cherish," originally "to enclose with
EXPANDa hedge." The noun was originally (1617) a hold in wrestling.
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