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hugfests

hugfests is the plural of hugfest.

Meaning of hugfest

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

Questions about hugfests

What is hugfests the plural of?
Hugfests is the plural of hugfest.

Words near hugfests in the dictionary

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

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