hugger
noun[C]
uk/ˈhʌɡ.ər/us/ˈhʌɡ.ɚ/someone wholikestoexpressaffectionfor someone(=likingthem)in aphysicalway byhugging(=holdingthemclosetoyourbodywithyourarms):
I'm not a hugger, but I was sohappyIgrabbedhim andliftedhim off theground.
Thesepeopleare huggers. They show moreemotionthan any othergroupof men I'veevermet.
See also
hiphuggers
tree hugger
- I gave him astronghandshakebut I'm not a hugger.
- He's a toucher, a hugger andkisser,constantlytouchingyou on thearmorpattingyou on theshoulder.
- Ihopeyou don'tmindbut I'm a hugger.
- Ifindthatpeoplefrom thesouthernstatesaregreathuggers.
Showing affection
- affectionate
- affectionately
- aw
- bear hug
- canoodle
- chuck
- cwtch
- cwtch up tosomeone
- demonstratively
- demonstrativeness
- embrace
- fall intosomeone'sarmsidiom
- man hug
- mwah
- nurse
- osculate
- spoon
- squeeze
- to hold/clutch/clasp/takesomeone/somethingtoyourbosomidiom
- touchy-feely