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You can make 5 words from hug according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of hug

hug uhg hgu ghu ugh guh

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Definitions and meaning of hug

hug

Etymology

From earlier hugge (“to embrace, clasp with the arms”) (1560), probably representing a conflation of huck (“to crouch, huddle down”) and Old Norse hugga (“to comfort, console”), from hugr (“mind, heart, thought”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind, thought, sense”), cognate with Icelandic hugga (“to comfort”), Old English hyġe (“thought”) (whence high (Etymology 2)).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hŭg, IPA^(key): /hʌɡ/
• Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Noun

hug (plural hugs)

1. A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as 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").
2. A particular grip in wrestling.

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Translations

Verb

hug (third-person singular simple present hugs, present participle hugging, simple past and past participle hugged)

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

4. (transitive) To stay close to.

   to hug the shore, to hug the coastline
5. (transitive, figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.

Synonyms

• (crouch): hunker, squat, stoop
• (cling closely): cleave, stick; see also Thesaurus:adhere
• (embrace): accoll (obsolete), coll, embrace; see also Thesaurus:embrace
• (stay close to):
• (hold fast): treasure

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• cuddle
• huggle
• kiss
• snuggle
• squeeze

Anagrams

• Ghu, ghu, ugh

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoɡ/, [ˈhɔɡ̊]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hǫgg, verbal noun to hǫggva (“to hew”) (Danish hugge).

Noun

hug n (singular definite hugget, plural indefinite hug)

1. stroke
2. slash
3. cut

Declension

References

• “hug,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huɡ/, [ˈhuɡ̊]

Noun

hug (uninflected)

1. squat

References

• “hug,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoɡ/, [ˈhɔɡ̊]

Verb

hug

1. imperative of hugge

Faroese

Noun

hug m

1. indefinite accusative singular of hugur

Manx

Etymology 1

From Old Irish co (“to”). Compare Irish chuig and Scottish Gaelic gu.

Preposition

hug

1. to

Inflection

Etymology 2

Verb

hug

1. past of toyr

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• hau

Etymology

From Old Norse hugr (“thought”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz og uncertain origin. Cognates include Norwegian Bokmål hu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʉːɡ/, /hʉː/

Noun

hug m (definite singular hugen, indefinite plural hugar, definite plural hugane)

1. (chiefly uncountable) mind
2. (chiefly uncountable, collective) one's thoughts
3. (chiefly uncountable) wish, desire
4. (uncountable, folklore) an itch in the nose which comes when someone is thinking of one, or as a warning that someone is about to arrive

Derived terms

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Adjective

hug

1. (predicative) keen, eager

References

• “hug” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Noun

hug

1. accusative/dative singular of hugr