hugging
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhʌɡɪŋ/
Verb
hugging
- present participle of hug
Noun
hugging (countable and uncountable, plural huggings)
- The act of giving a hug.
- 1844, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Tales and Sketches:
- There began to be some movement preparatory to the resumption of our journey, and, after many huggings and kissings, the family parted, and the wagon drove off […]
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Derived terms
- tree-hugging
- water-hugging