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huggings

/ˈhʌɡɪŋz/

huggings is the plural of hugging.

Meaning of hugging

Noun

hugging (countable and uncountable, plural huggings)

  1. The act of giving a hug.
    • There began to be some movement preparatory to the resumption of our journey, and, after many huggings and kissings, the family parted, and the wagon drove off[…]1844, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Tales and Sketches

Questions about huggings

What is huggings the plural of?
Huggings is the plural of hugging.
How do you pronounce huggings?
Huggings is pronounced /ˈhʌɡɪŋz/.

Words near huggings in the dictionary

  1. hugginess
  2. hugging
  3. hugging it out
  4. hugging oneself
  5. huggingly
  6. huggings
  7. Huggins
  8. huggle
  9. huggled
  10. huggledy-piggledy
  11. huggler

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