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overhugging

overhugging is the present participle and gerund of overhug.

Meaning of overhug

Verb

overhug (third-person singular simple present overhugs, present participle overhugging, simple past and past participle overhugged)

  1. (ambitransitive) To hug excessively or too much.
    • There’ll be little campaigning on the hustings this season. For a politician who cherishes the connect, social distancing could be politically fatal; but for Biden, it could be a gift. He’ll have fewer chances to get carried away as he speaks, to overhug, to stick his foot in it (and he’s done...2020 August 15, Jeniffer Senior, “Learning to Love Joe Biden”, in The New York Times

Questions about overhugging

What is overhugging the present participle and gerund of?
Overhugging is the present participle and gerund of overhug.

Words near overhugging in the dictionary

  1. overhouse
  2. overhovering
  3. overhug
  4. overhuge
  5. overhugged
  6. overhugging
  7. overhugs
  8. overhumanisation
  9. overhumanise
  10. overhumanised
  11. overhumanises

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