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hugger

noun
/ˈhʌɡɚ/US/ˈhʌɡə/UK

Etymology

From hug + -er.

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

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. To conceal

    To conceal; to lurk in ambush.

    • Such a one they saw there lyrkinge and huggeringe two houres before.

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