Dictionary

hug en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /hʌɡ/
• hŭg
• /hʊɡ/ (Northern-England)

Etymology

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)).

Meanings

1. A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, or the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace).
2. A particular grip in wrestling.

Forms

Deriveds

hugsome · hug box · bunny-hug · hugaholic · hugless · hug-box · hug button · bear hug · man hug · huggle · huggy · e-hug · bro hug · pouncehug · hugfest · brohug · hug machine · hug of death · hug drug · semihug · hugbox · side hug · manhug · cyberhug · bro-hug · bunny hug

Translations (147)

fr embrassement (affectionate embrace) · nb klem (affectionate embrace) · lt apkabinimas (affectionate embrace) · lb Ëmaarmung (affectionate embrace) · cmn 偎抱 (affectionate embrace) · az qucaq (affectionate embrace) · sh за̏грља̄ј (affectionate embrace) · eo brakumo (affectionate embrace) · acw حُضُن (affectionate embrace) · hu ölelés (affectionate embrace) · tr kucak (affectionate embrace) · is knús (affectionate embrace) · ar حَضْن (affectionate embrace) · es abrazo (affectionate embrace) · uk обійма́ння (affectionate embrace) · sq përqafim (affectionate embrace) · pt abraço (affectionate embrace) · mk прегрнување (affectionate embrace) · et embus (affectionate embrace) · sv omfamning (affectionate embrace) · eo enbrakigo (affectionate embrace) · fr accolade (affectionate embrace) · pl objęcie (affectionate embrace) · eu besarkada (affectionate embrace) · yi אומאַרמונג (affectionate embrace) · ms pelukan (affectionate embrace) · el αγκαλιά (affectionate embrace) · ka ჩახუტება (affectionate embrace) · mn тэврэлт (affectionate embrace) · bg обя́тия (affectionate embrace) · la complexus (affectionate embrace) · sl objèm (affectionate embrace) · tg оғуш (affectionate embrace) · hsb wobjeće (affectionate embrace) · vi sự ôm (affectionate embrace) · fr câlin (affectionate embrace) · cy cofleidiad (affectionate embrace) · fr étreinte (affectionate embrace) · kk құшақ (affectionate embrace) · dsb łono (affectionate embrace) · ar عِنَاق (affectionate embrace) · fi halaus (affectionate embrace) · tt кочак (affectionate embrace) · bg прегръ́дка (affectionate embrace) · th กอด (affectionate embrace) · is faðmlag (affectionate embrace) · sh ȍbuhvāt (affectionate embrace) · pl obejmowanie (affectionate embrace) · be абня́цце (affectionate embrace) · uk об'я́ття (affectionate embrace) · ar مُعَانَقَة (affectionate embrace) · acw ضَمَّة (affectionate embrace) · tr kucaklama (affectionate embrace) · ru объя́тие (affectionate embrace) · cs objetí (affectionate embrace) · ml ആശ്ലേഷം (affectionate embrace) · ar اِحْتِضَان (affectionate embrace) · cmn 擁抱 /拥抱 (affectionate embrace) · et kallistus (affectionate embrace) · es apapacho (affectionate embrace) · it abbraccio (affectionate embrace) · sv kram (affectionate embrace) · hy գրկախառնություն (affectionate embrace) · ur آغوش (affectionate embrace) · uz quchoq (affectionate embrace) · pam kaul (affectionate embrace) · io embraco (affectionate embrace) · hi आग़ोश (affectionate embrace) · tk gujak (affectionate embrace) · tl yakap (affectionate embrace) · fr embrassade (affectionate embrace) · he חיבוק \ חִבּוּק (affectionate embrace) · ko 포옹 (affectionate embrace) · sh о̏бухва̄т (affectionate embrace) · sdh باوِش (affectionate embrace) · kmr hemêz (affectionate embrace) · mt tgħanniqa (affectionate embrace) · de Umarmung (affectionate embrace) · ga cuach (affectionate embrace) · fa-ira آغوش (affectionate embrace) · zza vırar (affectionate embrace) · gl abrazo (affectionate embrace) · vo lelöfül (affectionate embrace) · kk құшақтау (affectionate embrace) · fi hali (affectionate embrace) · fa-ira بَغَل (affectionate embrace) · ru обнима́ние (affectionate embrace) · be абня́цьце (affectionate embrace) · ky кучак (affectionate embrace) · nl knuffel (affectionate embrace) · co abbraciu (affectionate embrace) · pam kawul (affectionate embrace) · sk objatie (affectionate embrace) · nl omhelzing (affectionate embrace) · hy գրկում (affectionate embrace) · fa-ira بَغَل گیری (affectionate embrace) · ja ハグ (affectionate embrace) · da kram (affectionate embrace) · ug قۇچاق (affectionate embrace) · nl knuffelen (affectionate embrace) · ga barróg (affectionate embrace) · eo ĉirkaŭpreno (affectionate embrace) · tg бағал (affectionate embrace) · pl przytulenie (affectionate embrace) · nl omarming (affectionate embrace) · ckb باوەش (affectionate embrace) · ja 抱擁 (affectionate embrace) · km ការឱបរឹត (affectionate embrace) · ang clypping (affectionate embrace) · el αγκάλιασμα (affectionate embrace) · ca abraçada (affectionate embrace) · scn abbrazzu (affectionate embrace) · ml ആലിംഗനം (affectionate embrace) · lv apkampiens (affectionate embrace) · tr sarılma (affectionate embrace) · km អាលិង្គន (affectionate embrace) · ur بَغَل گِیری (affectionate embrace) · pl uścisk (affectionate embrace) · mk гушка (affectionate embrace) · et kalli (affectionate embrace) · be абдо́ймы (affectionate embrace) · af knuffel (affectionate embrace) · ky кучактоо (affectionate embrace) · es apapuche (affectionate embrace) · ru объя́тия (affectionate embrace) · hi आलिंगन (affectionate embrace) · bcl kugos (affectionate embrace) · da knus (affectionate embrace) · ar ضَمَّة (affectionate embrace) · ml കെട്ടിപ്പിടിക്കൽ (affectionate embrace) · th การกอด (affectionate embrace) · gd ioma-ghlacadh (affectionate embrace) · sh zȁgrljāj (affectionate embrace) · be абды́мкі (affectionate embrace) · hsb wobjimanje (affectionate embrace) · eo ĉirkaŭpremo (affectionate embrace) · aho 𑜀𑜤𑜆𑜫 𑜀𑜥 (affectionate embrace) · cmn 摟抱 /搂抱 (affectionate embrace) · sc abbratzada (affectionate embrace) · fo klemm (affectionate embrace) · ro îmbrățișare (affectionate embrace) · mk прегратка (affectionate embrace) · be абні́мкі (affectionate embrace) · da omfavnelse (affectionate embrace) · yi אַרומנעם (affectionate embrace) · uk обі́йми (affectionate embrace) · ba ҡосаҡ (affectionate embrace)

wikipedia: hug

hug en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /hʌɡ/
• hŭg
• /hʊɡ/ (Northern-England)

Etymology

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)).

Meanings

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To crouch; to huddle as with cold.
   • They had a slight breast work, and they hugged down behind it and waited. 1885, M. Quad, Field, Fort and Fleet, page 354:
   • Zhai Tingshen stood at the window upstairs, his black eyes staring intently at the figure that was tightly hugged below. 2020, Zhenyinfang, Marital Passion:
   • That is why they are so little known and never explored. During the day, when a Chilean cruiser nosed around uncomfortably close, the little sloop would be hugged under the lee of one of the islands, sail lowered and anchor dropped. 1892, Paul Boyton, The Story of Paul Boyton:
   • bright rocks whose stain of emerald or quartz shaft of shine the starfish hugged beneath the tide . 1892, The Sewanee Review - Volume 66, page 263:
   • She put her feet on a rung and hugged down against her knees, making herself even smaller. 2014, Thomas Gifford, The Cavanaugh Quest:
2. (intransitive) To cling closely together.
3. (reciprocal, transitive) To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.
   • Billy hugged Danny until he felt better.
   • They hugged for what seemed like an eternity.
4. (transitive) To stay close to.
   • Gourock also boasted a pier railway, although its pier hugged the shore rather than jutting into the bay. 2020 October 21, Dr Joseph Brennan, “From the main line and over the waves”, in Rail, page 60:
   • 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. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
   • to hug the shore, to hug the coastline
5. (figuratively, transitive) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
   • We hug intellectual deformities, if they bear our names 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

figure-hugging · overhug · unhug · hugger · hug it out · huggle · huggy · hug-me-tight · huggingly · hug oneself · hug-a-hoodie · brohug · huggable · huggee · body-hugging · unhugged

Relateds

cuddle · kiss · snuggle · squeeze · huggle

Synonyms

stick · treasure (hold fast) · stoop (crouch) · hunker (crouch) · embrace · accoll (embrace) · coll · squat (crouch) · cleave (cling closely)

Translations (198)

cmn 偎抱 (to embrace) · fi pysyä lähettyvillä (to stay close to) · sh gȑliti (to embrace) · fr étreindre (to embrace) · sh о̀бгрлити (to embrace) · kea brasá (to embrace) · ar اِحْتَضَنَ (to embrace) · ru обнима́ться (to cling closely together) · fa در آغوش گرفتن (to embrace) · uz quchoqlamoq (to embrace) · kk құшу (to embrace) · sc abbratzare (to embrace) · mi miri (to stay close to) · hu ölel (to embrace) · lt apkabinti (to embrace) · ckb باوەش گرتن (to cling closely together) · ang clyppan (to embrace) · ka მოიცავს (to embrace) · es apapuchar (to embrace) · uk обійня́ти (to embrace) · acw ضَمّ (to embrace) · lb ëmäermelen (to embrace) · sv kramas (to cling closely together) · mi tauawhi (to cling closely together) · la amplector (to embrace) · sh обу́јмити (to embrace) · ur گلے لگانا (to embrace) · ru обнима́ть (to embrace) · jje 안다 (to embrace) · ur ملنا (to embrace) · fr serrer (to embrace) · it abbracciare (to embrace) · ga cuach (to embrace) · el αγκαλιάζω (to embrace) · pl obejmować (to embrace) · sh гр̏лити (to embrace) · fi pysyä lähellä (to stay close to) · egy H-p:t-D32:a (to embrace) · nv yinánih (to embrace) · fa بغل کردن (to embrace) · el αγκαλιάζω (to cling closely together) · sh за̀грлити (to embrace) · uk обійма́ти (to embrace) · eo brakumi (to embrace) · fr embrasser (to embrace) · egy q:n-i-D32 (to embrace) · hi आलिंगन करना (to embrace) · cmn 摟摟 /搂搂 (to embrace) · sh zàgrliti (to embrace) · yi האַלדזן (to embrace) · ro îmbrățișa (to embrace) · az qucaqlaşmaq (to cling closely together) · mk гушка (to embrace) · pjt ampuṉi (to embrace) · pt abraçar (to embrace) · kea abrasa (to embrace) · pl uścisnąć (to embrace) · yo dìmọ́ (to embrace) · txb yäks- (to embrace) · tg оғӯш кардан (to embrace) · bg прегръ́щам (to embrace) · th กอด (to embrace) · fi halata (to embrace) · tr sarılmak (to embrace) · ca abraçar (to embrace) · mt ħaddan (to embrace) · lb ëmäerbelen (to embrace) · lo ກອດ (to embrace) · mt għannaq (to embrace) · mn тэврэх (to embrace) · sk objímať (to embrace) · it abbracciare (to cling closely together) · aln rrok (to cling closely together) · id memeluk (to embrace) · id mendekap (to embrace) · ja 抱く (to embrace) · eo brakumi (to cling closely together) · ko 껴안다 (to embrace) · ckb باوەش گرتن (to embrace) · is faðmast (to cling closely together) · cmn 擁抱 /拥抱 (to cling closely together) · uk обня́ти (to embrace) · pl przytulić (to embrace) · hmd 𖼀𖽔 (to embrace) · da knuse (to embrace) · sv krama (to embrace) · kk айқалау (to embrace) · de umarmen (to embrace) · ar حَضَنَ (to embrace) · fr serrer (to stay close to) · is faðma (to embrace) · es apapachar (to embrace) · es pegarse a (to stay close to) · ko 안다 (to embrace) · nl elkaar omarmen (to cling closely together) · km អោបរឹត (to embrace) · gl abrazar (to embrace) · sk objať (to embrace) · ka ეხუტება (to embrace) · lv apskaut (to embrace) · hy գրկել (to embrace) · ja 抱擁する (to embrace) · eu besarkatu (to embrace) · ja 抱く (to cling closely together) · nl knuffelen (to embrace) · ja ハグする (to embrace) · kk аймалау (to embrace) · la complector (to embrace) · cmn 摟抱 /搂抱 (to embrace) · ur گلے ملنا (to embrace) · ky кучактоо (to embrace) · tl yakap (to embrace) · ko 포옹하다 (to embrace) · kk құшақтау (to embrace) · ja だく (to embrace) · pl przytulać (to embrace) · lb ëmaarmen (to embrace) · cjs қучақтарға (to embrace) · sq përqafoj (to cling closely together) · egy i-n:q-D32:D40 (to embrace) · ngh ǁxam (to embrace) · non faðma (to embrace) · ru обня́ть (to embrace) · de sich umarmen (to cling closely together) · is knúsa (to embrace) · yi אַרומנעמען (to embrace) · he חָבַק (to embrace) · my ဖက် (to embrace) · pl objąć (to embrace) · cs objímat (to embrace) · mk прегрнува (to embrace) · nl omhelzen (to embrace) · cs obejmout (to embrace) · be абдыма́ць (to embrace) · pl uściskać (to embrace) · pl tulić (to embrace) · sl objemati (to embrace) · uga 𐎈𐎁𐎖 (to embrace) · mi haumiri (to stay close to) · mk прегрне (to embrace) · sh òbgrliti (to embrace) · es abrazar (to cling closely together) · ru обня́ться (to cling closely together) · gd ioma-ghlac (to embrace) · uk обійнятись (to cling closely together) · nb klemme (to embrace) · mk обгрнува (to embrace) · sh obujmljívati (to embrace) · om hammachuu (to embrace) · et embama (to embrace) · vo lelöfülön (to embrace) · ar عَانَقَ (to embrace) · se sallut (to embrace) · yue 抱 (to embrace) · ml കെട്ടിപ്പിടിക്കുക (to embrace) · be абня́ць (to embrace) · se fátmut (to embrace) · vi ôm (to embrace) · fi painautua yhteen (to cling closely together) · uk обніма́ти (to embrace) · bg прегъ́рна (to embrace) · mi kēkeke (to embrace) · uk обійма́тися (to cling closely together) · sl objéti (to embrace) · fo kroysta (to embrace) · ja 抱擁する (to cling closely together) · da omfavne (to embrace) · mk обгрне (to embrace) · sv omfamna (to embrace) · sh обујмљи́вати (to embrace) · az qucaqlamaq (to embrace) · he חיבק \ חִבֵּק (to embrace) · sh obújmiti (to embrace) · da kramme (to embrace) · uz quchmoq (to embrace) · sc abbratzare (to cling closely together) · hy փարվել (to embrace) · acw حَضَن (to embrace) · io embracar (to embrace) · lb sech ëmaarmen (to cling closely together) · cmn 擁抱 /拥抱 (to embrace) · rup ambratsu (to embrace) · ms memeluk (to embrace) · mi awhi (to embrace) · sq përqafoj (to embrace) · sl objéti (to cling closely together) · cmn 抱抱 (to embrace) · mk гушне (to embrace) · ko 끌어안다 (to embrace) · nl omarmen (to embrace) · es abrazar (to embrace) · az bağrına basmaq (to embrace) · nb omfavne (to embrace) · hu összeölelkezik (to cling closely together) · de drücken (to embrace) · ga barróg a thabhairt dá chéile (to cling closely together) · it tenersi vicino (to stay close to) · fo klemma (to embrace)

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