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huggers

huggers is the plural of hugger.

huggers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hugger.

Meaning of hugger

Noun

hugger (plural huggers)

  1. One who hugs or embraces.
    • When the pub downstairs closed, a contingent of straight couples ranging in age from 16 to 60 arrived to dance, though they were still safely outnumbered by same-sex huggers and smoochers.1988 August 20, Chris Reed, “The English 'Strip-tique'”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 6, page 16
  2. A ceiling fan whose blades are close to the ceiling.

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Phrases with huggers

Questions about huggers

What is huggers the plural of?
Huggers is the plural of hugger.

Words near huggers in the dictionary

  1. hugger-muggery
  2. huggered
  3. huggering
  4. huggermugger
  5. huggermuggery
  6. huggers
  7. huggest
  8. Huggett
  9. huggie
  10. huggier
  11. huggies

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