Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To lie in ambush; lurk.
- To muffle; conceal.
- noun One who hugs or embraces.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb obsolete To conceal; to lurk ambush.
- noun One who hugs or embraces.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Agent noun ofhug ; one thathugs . - verb obsolete To
conceal ; tolurk inambush .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who hugs
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Examples
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The hugger is Juan Mann and the music is from the Sick Puppies.
October 2006 2006
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"I was told I could hug him, and I was told he was a hugger, which is great because I'm a hugger, too," she said in a phone interview later that night.
In search of approval for his party and himself Philip Rucker 2010
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"I was told I could hug him, and I was told he was a hugger, which is great because I'm a hugger, too," she said in a phone interview later that night.
Obama, seeking lost magic, crosses country campaigning for Democrats - and himself Philip Rucker 2010
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The attendant, sometimes called the hugger, places his left arm across the shoulder of the first dancer and walks beside and a step behind him, using his feather wand or snake whip to distract the attention of the snake.
The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi Hattie Greene Lockett 1921
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So if you're reading this and your toddler is a "hugger," please email me, because I want to invite you over for a playdate.
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It was announced years ago that I'm not a "hugger" and to not hug me more than once per visit.
unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2003
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A kind of hugger-mugger inquest produced a declaration that Clarke's death was not caused by the blow he had received from his assailant, and in consequence, "whereas a doubt had arisen in our royal breast," the King formally pardoned the murderer by royal {130} proclamation.
A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4) Justin McCarthy 1871
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Serial celebrity 'hugger' Tania McIntosh ran towards Peaches and grabbed hold of her tightly, before hugging her for several seconds.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Bureau News 2010
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Serial celebrity 'hugger' Tania McIntosh ran towards Peaches and grabbed hold of her tightly, before hugging her for several seconds.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Bureau News 2010
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Serial celebrity 'hugger' Tania McIntosh ran towards Peaches and grabbed hold of her tightly, before hugging her for several seconds.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ani 2010
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