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bro-hug

noun
/ˈbɹəʊhʌɡ/UK

Etymology

From bro + hug.

  1. derived from *hugiz✻ — “mind, thought, sense”
  2. derived from hugga — “to comfort, console”
  3. compounded as bro-hug — “bro + hug”

Definitions

  1. A hug shared between male colleagues or friends, especially a quick, physically reserved…

    A hug shared between male colleagues or friends, especially a quick, physically reserved one.

    • It wasn't even one of the one-armed bro-hugs that we usually do, it was a full-on hug with my arms wrapped all the way around his pudgy body.
    • “I'm proud of you,” Brees whispered in Griffin's ear when they met at midfield after the game for the traditional quarterback bro-hug.
    • He and Joe did that bro-hug thing that guys did that was not quite a hug but was more than a handshake.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA