overhug en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + hug.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To hug excessively or too much.
There’ll be little campaigning on the hustings this season. For a politician who cherishes the connect, social distancing could be politically fatal; but for Biden, it could be a gift. He’ll have fewer chances to get carried away as he speaks, to overhug, to stick his foot in it (and he’s done quite a bit of that already).
2020 August 15, Jeniffer Senior, “Learning to Love Joe Biden”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overhugs | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overhugged | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overhugged | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overhugging | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |