Usually means: Embrace showing love, comfort, support.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word hugging:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. hugging: Merriam-Webster
  2. hugging: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. -hugging, hugging: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hugging: Vocabulary.com
  5. Hugging, hugging: Wordnik
  6. hugging: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. hugging: Wiktionary
  8. Hugging, hugging: Dictionary.com
  9. hugging: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Hugging: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Hugging: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. hugging: Rhymezone
  13. Hugging: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. hugging: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  15. hugging: FreeDictionary.org
  16. hugging: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. hugging: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hugging: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. hugging: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hugging)

▸ noun:  The act of giving a hug.

Similar:
snuggling, caressing, kissing, petting, cuddling, fondling, necking, smooching, comforting, massaging, more...

Opposite:
pushing away, rejecting, neglecting

Types:
one-armed, two-armed, bear hug, side hug, hug from behind, hug around waist, more...

Phrases:
tree hugging, ground hugging, body hugging, bear hugging, hip hugging, more...

Adjectives:
ground, figure, much, body, tree, coast, earth, bottom, bear, road, wall

Colors:
    soft pink,     warm gray, more...



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Similar:
snuggling, caressing, kissing, petting, cuddling, fondling, necking, smooching, comforting, massaging, more...

Opposite:
pushing away, rejecting, neglecting

Types:
one-armed, two-armed, bear hug, side hug, hug from behind, hug around waist, more...

Phrases:
tree hugging, ground hugging, body hugging, bear hugging, hip hugging, figure hugging, National Hugging Day, hugging pillow, hugging oneself, hugging tightly, hugging and kissing, hugging his arm, stop hugging, more...

Adjectives:
ground, figure, much, body, tree, coast, earth, bottom, bear, road, wall

Colors:
    soft pink,     warm gray, more...



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