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huggest

huggest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of hug.

Meaning of hug

Verb

hug (third-person singular simple present hugs, present participle hugging, simple past and past participle hugged)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To crouch; to huddle as with cold.
    • They had a slight breast work, and they hugged down behind it and waited.1885, M. Quad, Field, Fort and Fleet, page 354
    Synonyms:
    hunker, squat, stoop
  2. (intransitive) To cling closely together.
    Synonyms:
    cleave
  3. (reciprocal, transitive) To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.
    • Billy hugged Danny until he felt better.
    Synonyms:
    accoll
  4. (transitive) To stay close to.
    • to hug the shore, to hug the coastline
  5. (figuratively, transitive) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
    • We hug intellectual deformities, if they bear our names1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    treasure

See all 7 meanings of hug

Origin of huggest

From hug + -est.

Questions about huggest

What is huggest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Huggest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of hug.

Words near huggest in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: huggest (page history and authors); hug (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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