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").

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

present participle of hug

The act of giving a hug.

plural of hug

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hug

simple past tense and past participle of hug

plural of hugging

To congratulate oneself.

(Internet) A metaphorical hug given by an extreme spike in usage of an Internet service that causes an outage of said service. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hug, of, death.