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hugfest

hugfest noun: an event that is filled with or typified by hugging, or by saccharine emotion.

Noun

hugfest (plural hugfests)

  1. (informal) An event that is filled with or typified by hugging, or by saccharine emotion.
    • By orchestrating this work with such cool reserve, Doolas avoided the pitfall of turning her celebration of womanhood into a free-for-all hugfest.1988 March 4, Justin Hayford, “Ambiguous Gestures”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of hugfest

pluralhugfests

Origin of hugfest

From hug + -fest.

Questions about hugfest

What does hugfest mean?
Hugfest means an event that is filled with or typified by hugging, or by saccharine emotion.
What part of speech is hugfest?
Hugfest is a noun.
What is the plural of hugfest?
The plural of hugfest is hugfests.

Words near hugfest in the dictionary

  1. hugepage
  2. hugepages
  3. huger
  4. hugesome
  5. hugest
  6. hugfest
  7. hugfests
  8. Hugg
  9. huggability
  10. huggable
  11. huggableness

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