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overhugs

overhugs is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 overhugs

What is overhugs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overhugs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overhug.

Words near overhugs in the dictionary

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

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