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hug
English
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 hy?e (“thought, mind, heart, disposition, intention, courage, pride”) (whence high (Etymology 2)).
Pronunciation
- enPR: h?g, IPA(key): /h??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
hug (plural hugs)
- A close embrace, especially when charged with such an emotion as represented by: affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, agression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug").
- A particular grip in wrestling.
Translations
Verb
hug (third-person singular simple present hugs, present participle hugging, simple past and past participle hugged)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To crouch; huddle as with cold.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Palsgrave to this entry?)
- (intransitive) To cling closely together.
- (transitive) To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.
- (transitive) To stay close to (the shore etc.)
- (transitive, figuratively) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica
- We hug intellectual deformities, if they bear our names
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica
Synonyms
- (crouch): hunker, squat, stoop
- (cling closely): cleave, stick; see also Thesaurus:adhere
- (embrace): accoll (obsolete), coll, embrace; see also Thesaurus:embrace
- (stay close to):
- (hold fast): treasure
Translations
Derived terms
- body-hugging
- figure-hugging
- hug oneself
- huggable
- huggle
- huggy
See also
- cuddle
- huggle
- kiss
- snuggle
- squeeze
Anagrams
- Ghu, ghu, ugh
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ho?/, [?h???]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse h?gg, verbal noun to h?ggva (“to hew”) (Danish hugge).
Noun
hug n (singular definite hugget, plural indefinite hug)
- stroke
- slash
- cut
Inflection
References
- “hug,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hu?/, [?hu??]
Noun
hug (uninflected)
- squat
References
- “hug,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ho?/, [?h???]
Verb
hug
- imperative of hugge
Faroese
Noun
hug m
- indefinite accusative singular of hugur
Manx
Preposition
hug
- to
Inflection
Verb
hug
- past tense of toyr
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- hau
Etymology
From Old Norse hugr (“thought”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz. Cognates include Norwegian Bokmål hu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h???/, /h??/ (examples of pronunciation)
Noun
hug m (definite singular hugen, indefinite plural hugar, definite plural hugane)
- (chiefly uncountable) mind
- (chiefly uncountable, collective) one's thoughts
- (chiefly uncountable) wish, desire
- 1971, Olav H. Hauge, "T'ao Ch'ien":
- Meir enn fyrr har han hug å draga seg attende til ein slik hageflekk.
- More than before, he has a desire to retreat to such a small garden.
- Meir enn fyrr har han hug å draga seg attende til ein slik hageflekk.
- 1971, Olav H. Hauge, "T'ao Ch'ien":
- (uncountable, folklore) an itch in the nose which comes when someone is thinking of one, or as a warning that someone is about to arrive
Derived terms
Related terms
Adjective
hug
- (predicative) keen, eager
References
- “hug” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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hugfest
English
Etymology
hug +? -fest
Noun
hugfest (plural hugfests)
- (informal) An event that is filled with or typified by hugging, or by saccharine emotion.
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