(intransitive, obsolete) To crouch; to huddle as with cold. / (intransitive) To cling closely together. / (transitive) To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.

A close embrace, especially when charged with such an emotion as represented by: affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug").

The act of giving a hug.

present participle of hug

plural of hug

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hug

simple past tense and past participle of hug

plural of hugging

(chiefly Saskatchewan) A hoodie; a sweatshirt with a hood lacking a zipper. / (idiomatic) A style of early 20th-century dance, performed to ragtime music.

Any especially large, tight or enthusiastic hug, usually friendly and especially given by a male.