v.
(hugs, hugging, hugged)
- embrace (someone) tightly.
▸hold (something) tightly against one's body:
he hugged his knees to his chest.
- keep close to:
a few craft hugged the shore.
n.
an act of hugging.
▸a squeezing grip in wrestling.
Derivative
Etymology
C16: prob. of Scand. origin.