bear-hug
bear-hug is the alternative spelling of bear hug.
bear-hug is the alternative spelling of bearhug.
Meaning of bear hug
Noun
bear hug (plural bear hugs)
- Any especially large, tight or enthusiastic hug, usually friendly and especially given by a male.
- Granddad scooped up the child in a big bear hug.
- A hostile takeover effort in which one firm offers to buy the other firm at a share price too high to refuse.
- A hold with the arms around the opponent.
Meaning of bearhug
Verb
bearhug (third-person singular simple present bearhugs, present participle bearhugging, simple past and past participle bearhugged)
- To embrace in a bear hug.
- All around the Giants are signs and symbols of change and progression, from the once-isolated head coach, who was spotted Sunday night triumphantly bearhugging a player, to the acutely boyish quarterback, who stepped to the podium wearing the flattering look of whiskered grunge.2008 January 15, Harvey Araton, “In Big Ways and Small, the Giants Grew Into a Team”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
Forms of bear-hug
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bear-hugs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bear-hugs |
| present participle | bear-hugging |
| past participle | bear-hugged |
| past | bear-hugged |
Questions about bear-hug
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