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huggie

huggie is the alternative spelling of huggy.

Noun (1)

huggie (plural huggies)

  1. (informal) A hug.
    • Tib who had been upon the point of offering comfort in the shape of a huggie and a kiss, thought better of it and refrained.1892, Stella Austin, Tib and Sib: A Story for Children, page 48
    • "Oh, huggie, huggie, kissie, kissie ! " Larry sneered, kicking sideways and giving Jamie a painful thrust in the leg.1986, Elaine Bissell, The Kendall Women, page 112
  2. A thermal sleeve that fits around a cup, can, or bottle.
    • The preferred Dexter-style drinkholders (which accommodate a can or bottle with or without a huggie) […]1989 Feburary-June, Allen D. Berrien, “Spirit of America”, in Boating, volume 62, page 126
    • He went in further and found a red drink huggie lodged in her intestine.1996 April, Julia Spalding, “Sick as a Dog”, in Indianapolis Monthly, volume 19, number 9, page 107

Meaning of huggy

Adjective

huggy (comparative huggier, superlative huggiest)

  1. (informal) Tending to hug; affectionate in a physical way.
    • Gordy, who looks sort of like a bear cub, only not cute, is a very huggy person.2007, Joseph Finder, Killer Instinct, page 58

Noun (2) capitalized: Huggie

Huggie (plural Huggies)

  1. (informal, uncommon) A diaper made by the Huggies company.
    • "Does anyone have a Huggie?"
      If this disposable diaper trend continues, it's also possible that CO's in wartime will no longer be conscientious objectors, but rather cloth objectors.1994, Carole Achterhof, Life with a Channel Surfer, Bare Bones Books, →ISBN, page 79
    • I was on a long road trip with my 3-year-old daughter and newborn twin boys. It was about 2:00 in the morning. […] All of a sudden I realized I had to pee. Badly. There was no way I was pulling into a rest stop at this hour all by myself. […] After a few frantic minutes, I had a brilliant plan. I...2009, Rebecca, “Road Trip”, in Jen Peters, Ginger Highland, editor, Mother of the Year: The Adventures and Misadventures of Parenthood, 2 edition, Leisure Arts, →ISBN, page 97

Forms of huggie

Adjective
comparativemore huggie
superlativemost huggie
Noun
pluralhuggies
pluralHuggies

Origin of huggie

From hug + -ie (adjectival suffix).

From hug + -ie (diminutive suffix).

Back-formation from Huggies, an American company that sells disposable diapers; compare pamper (“alternative form of pampers; a diaper, nappy”), derived from the diaper brand Pampers by Procter & Gamble.

Questions about huggie

What does huggie mean?
Huggie means a hug.
What is huggie the alternative spelling of?
Huggie is the alternative spelling of huggy.
What part of speech is huggie?
Huggie is a noun.
What is the plural of huggie?
The plural of huggie is huggies.

Words near huggie in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: huggie (page history and authors); Huggie (page history and authors); huggy (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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