Hug

Definition: Hug

Hug

Noun

1. A tight embrace.

Verb

1. Hug, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced".

2. Fit closely or tightly.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "hug" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references)

Note: Hug \Hug\, intransitive verb [imperfect & past participle. Hugged; Hugging.]. (references)

19th Century Satire

Slang in 1811

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HUG

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Hug

Approach

Verb: approach, approximate, appropinquate; near; get near, go near, draw near; come to close quarters, come near; move towards, set in towards; drift; make up to; gain upon; pursue; tread on the heels of; bear up; make the land; hug the shore, hug the land.

Coherence

Verb: cohere, adhere, stick, cling, cleave, hold, take hold of, hold fast, close with, clasp, hug; grow together, hang together; twine round; (join).

Content

Verb: be content; Adjective: rest satisfied, rest and be thankful; take the good the gods provide, let well alone, let well enough alone, feel oneself at home, hug oneself, lay the flattering unction to one's soul.

Courtesy

Obeisance; (reverence); bow, courtesy, curtsy, scrape, salaam, kotow, kowtow, bowing and scraping; kneeling; genuflection; (worship); obsequiousness; capping, shaking hands; Verb: grip of the hand, embrace, hug, squeeze, accolade, loving cup, vin d'honneur, pledge; love token; (endearment); kiss, buss, salute.

Deception

Cornish hug; wolf in sheep's clothing; (deceiver); disguise, disguisement; false colors, masquerade, mummery, borrowed plumes; pattes de velours.

Endearment

Clasp, hug, cuddle; fold in one's arms, strain in one's arms; nestle, nuzzle; embrace, kiss, buss, smack, blow a kiss; salute; (courtesy); fold to the heart, press to the bosom.

Love

Verb: love, like, affect, fancy, care for, take an interest in, be partial to, sympathize with; affection; be in love; with Adjective: have a love; n. for, entertain a love; n. for, harbor cherish a love; n. for; regard, revere; take to, bear love to, be wedded to; set one's affections on; make much of, feast one's eyes on; hold dear, prize; hug, cling to, cherish, pet.

Navigation

Navigate, warp, luff, scud, boom, kedge; drift, course, cruise, coast; hug the shore, hug the land; circumnavigate.

Nearness

Verb: be near; Adjective: adjoin, hang about, trench on; border upon, verge upon; stand by, approximate, tread on the heels of, cling to, clasp, hug; huddle; hang upon the skirts of, hover over; burn.

Obstinacy

Verb: be obstinate; Adjective: stickle, take no denial, fly in the face of facts; opinionate, be wedded to an opinion, hug a belief; have one's own way; (will); persist; (persevere) a; have the last word, insist on having the last word.

Pleasure

Verb: be pleased; feel pleasure, experience pleasure; Noun: joy; enjoy oneself, hug oneself; be in clover; be in elysium; tread on enchanted ground; fall into raptures, go into raptures.

Pride

Pride oneself on; glory in, take a pride in; pique oneself, plume oneself, hug oneself; stand upon, be proud of; put a good face on; not hide one's light under a bushel, not put one's talent in a napkin; not think small beer of oneself; (vanity).

Rejoicing

Verb: rejoice, thank one's stars, bless one's stars; congratulate oneself, hug oneself; rub one's hands, clap one's hands; smack the lips, fling up one's cap; dance, skip; sing, carol, chirrup, chirp; hurrah; cry for joy, jump for joy, leap with joy; exult; (boast); triumph; hold jubilee; (celebrate); make merry; (sport).

Retention

Verb: retain, keep; hold fast one's own, hold tight one's own, hold fast one's ground, hold tight one's ground; clinch, clench, clutch, grasp, gripe, hug, have a firm hold of.

Vice

Verb: be vicious; Adjective: sin, commit sin, do amiss, err, transgress; misdemean oneself, forget oneself, misconduct oneself; misdo, misbehave; fall, lapse, slip, trip, offend, trespass; deviate from the line of duty, deviate from the path of virtue; take a wrong course, go astray; hug a sin, hug a fault; sow one's wild oats.

Crosswords: Hug

Manx (gave, put, send, to, toward).

Well, don't look at me like I'm frickin' Frankenstein, give your father a hug. (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; writing credit: Mike Myers.)

I think I need a hug. (Shrek; writing credit: Ted Elliott)

Brace yourself, I'm going to hug you. (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro)

Somebody needs a hug! (Invader ZIM; writing credit: Carel Donck)

A hug is not going to make it better (Zooman; writing credit: Charles Fuller)

You used to love me, you used to hug me (Losing Grip; performing artist: AVRIL LAVIGNE)

Hug and kiss all through the night (Do You Want To Dance; performing artist: Bette Midler)

See no matter what i will extend my arms to hug you (Life Story; performing artist: Black Rob)

She went to hug me and she spilled her purse (Same Old Lang Syne; performing artist: Dan Fogelberg)

For sending me your love, I cherish every hug (All My Life; performing artist: K-C & JOJO)

Our arms are the only ones God has to hug His children. (references; author: unknown)

Bear Hug (1964)

Bunny and the Bunny Hug (1913)

Teletubbies: Big Hug! (2000)

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Books

• Hip, Hug, Hooray (reference)

• Hug (reference)

• Hug Me (reference)

• Teletubbies: Big Hug! (Teletubbies) (reference)

• The Hug Therapy Book (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Teletubbies - Big Hug! (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Hug A Tree (reference)

• Hug The Earth : A Celebration of Life Through Music & Dance (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Cathy Heck Here A Hug Musical Mobile (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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I have AIDS Please Hug Me Poster.

I Have Aids Please hug me : I can't make you sick / J. Keeler. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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In poverty bodies hug close to each other, as in the cold, but hearts grow distant

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Health

Contact must be prolonged (a quick handshake or hug will usually not spread infestation). (references)

Street names for MDMA include Ecstasy, Adam, XTC, hug, beans, and love drug. Its chemical structure (3-4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine, "MDMA") is similar to methamphetamine, methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and mescaline - other synthetic drugs known to cause brain damage. (references)

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Expressions using "hug": bear hug ♦ bunny hug ♦ give a hug ♦ give smb. a hug ♦ give somebody a hug ♦ hug a fault ♦ hug and kiss ♦ hug oneself ♦ hug oneself for ♦ hug oneself for one's smartness ♦ hug oneself on ♦ hug the coast ♦ hug the land ♦ hug the shore ♦ hug the wind ♦ Hug Therapy ♦ hug violently ♦ To hug one's self. Additional references.

Beginning with "hug": hug-me-tight.

Ending with "hug": bear-hug.

Albanian

shtrëngoj (bind, brace, buckle, clamp, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, coerce, compel, compress, constrict, enforce, fasten, force, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, jam, keep, oblige, pinch, press, restrict, screw, shake, squash, squeeze, strain, strangle, tighten, vice, wring), shtrëngim (clutch, coercion, compulsion, constriction, constringency, contraction, fastening, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, jam, jamming, jaw, pinch, pressure, restraint, squeeze, strangulation), ruaj (bear, conserve, cure, enshrine, guard, hold, keep, lay up, maintain, police, preserve, protect, put by, reserve, retain, safeguard, save, secure, shield, spare, spin out, tend, ware, watch, watch over), rri afër (stick), përqafoj (cuddle, embosom, embrace, enclasp, enfold, fold, squeeze, strain, take on, take smb. in), përqafim (cuddle, embrace, necking), përkrah (advance, back, bolster, buttress, champion, encourage, espouse, Favor, favour, patronize, promote, prop up, protect, root for, side with, stand up for, stick up for, support, take smb.'s part, upbear, uphold), kapje (apprehension, arrest, attachment, catch, catchment, clasp, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, hitch, hold, holding, hook, interception, jaw, prehension, purchase, recapture, seizing, snatch, uptake), cek (brush, dab, Pat, skim, tip, touch). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تشبث (bite, cling, clutch, hang on, staple, tenacity), ‏عناق (caress, clasp, conversion, cuddle, embracing, grasp, hugging, squeeze), ‏عانق (caress, clasp, cuddle, embrace, enfold, fold, grasp, lock, neck, pet, press), ‏إحتضان (accolade, embracing, hugging, sit), ‏إستمتع (enjoy, entertain, gratify, relish, reload, revel, slaver over). (various references)

Aymara

qhomantaña (to hug). (various references)

Blackfoot

wáátato'to (to hug). (various references)

Bulgarian 

вид хватка, не се отделям от, прегръщам плътно, прегръдка (clasp, cuddle, embrace), привързан съм към, държа на (abide by, set, stand by, stand to, stick to), движа се близо. (various references)

Chinese 

緊抱 , 拥抱 (Embrace, Embraced, Embracing, Hugged, hugging, HUGS). (various references)

Czech

objetí (clasp, cuddle, embrace), obejmout (clasp, embosom, embrace, enclasp, enfold, inarm). (various references)

Danish

omfavne (embrace). (various references)

Dutch

knuffelen (cuddle). (various references)

Esperanto

karespremi (cuddle), ĉirkaŭpreni (embrace), ĉirkaŭbraki (embrace). (various references)

Faeroese

fevna (embrace). (various references)

Farsi 

محکم گرفتن (Clam, Clip, Clutch, Grip, Gripe), دراغوش گرفتن (Clasp, Cuddle, Embrace, Entwine), بغل کردن (Embrace). (various references)

Finnish

halata (desire, embrace, long, yearn), syleillä (embrace), sulkea syliinsä (clasp in one's arms, embrace, fold in one's arms), kapsahtaa jonkun kaulaan. (various references)

French

embrasser. (various references)

German

umarmen (embrace, hugging), umarmung (embrace, embracement, squeeze). (various references)

Greek 

αγκαλιάζω (clasp, cuddle, embrace, enfold). (various references)

Hebrew 

לחבק (caress, clinch, embrace, enfold), ל�"תרפק (cuddle, nestle, snuggle), ל�"צמ�" אל, ל�'פף (caress, embrace), חיבק (embrace), חבוק (attached, caressing, clasp, embrace, embraced, embracing, hugging). (various references)

Hungarian

átkarolás (clinch, cole, embracing, envelopment). (various references)

Icelandic

faðma (embrace). (various references)

Indonesian

rangkulan, rangkul (embrace), memeluk (embosom), cangkum (clasp, embrace), berdekap. (various references)

Italian

abbracciare (clasp, cuddle, embrace, embrace each other, enclose, enfold, fold, inclose, include, span). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

抱�"� (embrace, holding in one's arms). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ほうよう (Buddhist memorial service, comprehension, embrace, falconry, hawking, holding in one's arms, implication, magnanimity, toleration), � っ�". (various references)

Korean 

포옹 (HUGS). (various references)

Manx

clamey (clinch, embrace, enfold, grasp clumsily), clame (clumsy grasp). (various references)

Norwegian

omfavne (clasp, clinch, embrace), klemme (clamp, cuddle), klem, gi en klem (embrace). (various references)

Papiamen

brasamentu (embrace), brasamento (embrace), brasa (arm, embrace), abraso (embrace). (various references)

Pig Latin

ughay.(various references)

Portuguese

estreitamento (intake, narrow, nip, throat), aperto (abashment, bind, clamping, clench, clutch, crush, grasp, grip, gripe, hustle, jam, jamming, narrowness, perplexity, pinch, screw, shake, squeeze, stricture, tightness), apertar nos bra�os, afagar (canoodle, caress, cherish, chuck, cotton, cotton on, embosom, fondle, pamper, pat, pet, stroke), aceitar (accept, adhere, admit, adopt, assume, have, receive, subscribe, take, take in, take on, undertake), acariciar (blandish, canoodle, caress, cherish, chuck, dandle, embosom, fawn, fondle, neck, nestle, nurse, paddle, pamper, pet, stroke), abranger (accomplish, achieve, compass, comprehend, comprise, embrace, get, imply, include, reach), abra�o, abracio, abra�ar (inarm, inlace), abraçar (bosom, clasp, cling, cuddle, embosom, embrace, enclasp, enfold, enlace, fold, neck, nestle, squeeze, wind), abarcar (corner, embrace, include, monopolize). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

beijarem-se...abraçarem-se (to kiss each other...to hug each other). (various references)

Romanian

strângere (accumulation, amassment, clench, collection, constriction, contraction, grip, gripe, jam, nip, squeeze), strânge (accrete, accumulate, acerbate, acquire, agglomerate, amass, assemble, bind, call, chuck, clamp, clasp, clear, clench, close, collect, compress, concentrate, congregate, constrain, constrict, contract, converge, convolve, cramp, crop, crouch, crowd, crush, cull, cut, diminish, double, fasten, fold, force, garner, gather, glean, harvest, haul, hoard, house, jam, lay aside, lay by, lay in, lay up, levy, lock, lump, make up, mass, muster, nip, pack, pick, pick up, pile, pile on, pinch, press, put away, put by, rake together, rake up, rally, reap, screw, shrink, shut, squeeze, stifle, stock, store, straighten, strain, straiten, suffocate, take up, tighten, troop, warehouse), prindere (bout, catch, catchment, grip, gripe, hold, nip, seizure, take, taking), apucare (bout, catch, clutch, grab, grapnel, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, nip, pluck, prehension, purchase, seizing, seizure, snatch), îmbråţişa (embrace), îmbrãţişare (clasp, embrace, embracing), îmbrãţişa (clasp, cuddle, embosom, embrace, enclasp, enfold, enlace, entwine, fold, grasp, span, wrap), ţine aproape de coastã. (various references)

Russian 

крепкое объятие, объятие (cuddle, embrace), обнимать объятие, обнимать (clasp, cuddle, embosom, embrace, enclasp, fold, inarm), захват (caption, capture, catch, dog, grab, grapnel, grip, hold, jaw, lockout, seizure, take over, taking), быть приверженным. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zahvat (action, clutch, grip, incidence, move, operation), zagrljaj (accolade, cuddle, embrace, embranchment), zagrliti (embrace, inarm), grliti (cuddle, inarm). (various references)

Spanish

abrazar (bosom, canoodle, clasp, clinch, cuddle, embosom, embrace). (various references)

Swazi

kú-gona (to hug). (various references)

Swedish

omfamna (clasp, embosom, embrace, enfold, inarm), krama (clasp, cuddle, embrace, give a hug, jam, squeeze, wring), kram (barn, embrace, shed, small wares, stand). (various references)

Thai

กอ�" (hold), การกอ�"รั�". (various references)

Turkish

sarılmak (arm, be wrapped, canoodle, clasp, clasp smb. in one's arms, cling, clip, coil, coil up, cuddle, give a hug, give smb. a hug, hold on, snuggle, twine, wind), sarılma (clasp, convolution, cuddle, cuddling, embrace, grapple, hugging, twine), kucaklamak (canoodle, caress, clasp, clasp smb. in one's arms, cuddle, embosom, embrace, encircle, enclasp, enfold, fold in one's arms, give a hug, give smb. a hug, infold, snuggle, strain smb. to one's breast), kucaklama (caress, clasp, cuddle, embrace, embracing, hugging, squeeze), kucaklaşmak (cuddle up, embrace, embrace one another), kıyıdan gitmek, dört elle sarılmak (be wraped up in, buckle down to, buckle oneself to, get weaving, wade in, wade into, wire away, wire in). (various references)

Ukrainian

хватка (clutch, grasp, grip, snap), триматися (bear), міцні обійми, міцно обіймати (cuddle, cull), міцно обніматися. (various references)

Welsh

ymwasgu (embrace), cofleidio (embrace), afflau (bosom, embrace, grip, hold). (various references)

conprehensa. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "hug": huge, hugely, hugeness, hugenesses, hugeous, hugeously, huger, hugest, huggable, hugged, hugger, huggers, hugging, hugs. (additional references)

Words ending with "hug": bearhug, chug, thug. (additional references)

Words containing "hug": bearhugs, chugalug, chugalugged, chugalugging, chugalugs, chugged, chugger, chuggers, chugging, chugs, meshuga, meshugah, meshugga, meshuggah, meshugge, meshuggener, meshuggeners, thuggee, thuggees, thuggeries, thuggery, thuggish, thugs. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Hug" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ahog, eug, euug, gheg, ghog, hagg, haug, hcg, hcu, heg, Hegg, hegi, hfg, hgb, hgg, hig, Higg, higo, higy, hoag, hoga, hogf, hogi, hogy, homg, Hpu, hu, hua, huc, huf, huga, Hugg, hugh, hugi, hui, huj, huo, hup, hur, hurgh, Huu, huug, huv, hux, huy, huz, hwu, nhu, phug, uhg, Uhh, uhl, uhv, vug. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ugh.

-1 letter: uh.

+1 letter: chug, gush, huge, hugs, hung, pugh, sugh, thug, ughs, vugh.

+2 letters: aught, bough, brugh, burgh, chugs, cough, dough, faugh, ghaut, ghoul, gulch, gursh, gushy, haugh, heugh, huger, laugh, lough, ought, rough, saugh, shrug, sough, sughs, teugh, thugs, tough, vughs, waugh.

+3 letters: aguish, aughts, boughs, bought, brughs, bugsha, burghs, caught, chough, clough, coughs, curagh, doughs, dought, doughy, enough, fought, gauche, gaucho, ghauts, ghouls, glunch, grouch, grutch, gushed, gusher, gushes, hagbut, hangul, hangup, haughs, heughs, hognut, hugely, hugest, hugged, hugger, humbug, hunger, hungry, kiaugh, laughs, loughs, naught, nought, oughts, plough, quahog, quaigh, quohog, rehung, roughs, saughs, saughy, shaugh, sheugh, shogun, shrugs, slough, soughs, sought, sughed, taught, though, toughs, toughy, trough, unhang, unhung, waught.