hugger
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 6
/ˈhʌɡɚ/
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/ˈhʌɡɚ/ · /ˈhʌɡə/
Definition of hugger
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
-
One who hugs or embraces.
“When the pub downstairs closed, a contingent of straight couples ranging in age from 16 to 60 arrived to dance, though they were still safely outnumbered by same-sex huggers and smoochers.”
“Jenny hadn’t been a natural hugger, but she’d been a smiler, a handholder.”
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noun
-
One who hugs or embraces.
“When the pub downstairs closed, a contingent of straight couples ranging in age from 16 to 60 arrived to dance, though they were still safely outnumbered by same-sex huggers and smoochers.”
“Jenny hadn’t been a natural hugger, but she’d been a smiler, a handholder.”
verb
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(obsolete)To conceal; to lurk in ambush.
“Such a one they saw there lyrkinge and huggeringe two houres before.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From hug + -er.
Words you can make from hugger
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