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bear hug

bear hug noun: any especially large, tight or enthusiastic hug, usually friendly and especially given by a male.

Noun

bear hug (plural bear hugs)

  1. 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.
    • Challenger kissed us all in her emotion, before she finally threw herself into the bear-hug of her husband.1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
  2. A hostile takeover effort in which one firm offers to buy the other firm at a share price too high to refuse.
  3. A hold with the arms around the opponent.

bear hug meaning in Tamil

bear hug in Tamil

கரடிப்பிடி

Forms of bear hug

pluralbear hugs

Questions about bear hug

What does bear hug mean?
Bear hug means any especially large, tight or enthusiastic hug, usually friendly and especially given by a male.
What is bear hug in Tamil?
Bear hug in Tamil is கரடிப்பிடி. See Bear hug meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bear hug?
Bear hug is a noun.
What is the plural of bear hug?
The plural of bear hug is bear hugs.

Words near bear hug in the dictionary

  1. bear garden
  2. bear gardens
  3. bear garlic
  4. bear hang
  5. bear hangs
  6. bear hug
  7. bear hugs
  8. bear in
  9. bear in mind
  10. bear in on
  11. bear in the air

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