# hug
## English
### Etymology

From earlier hugge (“to embrace, clasp with the arms”) (1560), probably representing a conflation of huck (“to crouch, huddle down”) and Old Norse hugga (“to comfort, console”), from hugr (“mind, heart, thought”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind, thought, sense”), cognate with Icelandic hugga (“to comfort”), Old English hyġe (“thought”) (whence high (Etymology 2)).

### Pronunciation

* enPR: hŭg, IPA: /hʌɡ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌɡ

### Noun

hug (plural hugs)
* A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug").
* A particular grip in wrestling.

#### Derived terms

* bear hug
* bro-hug
* bro hug
* bunny-hug
* bunny hug
* cyberhug
* e-hug
* hug-box
* hug box
* huggle
* huggy
* hug machine
* hug of death
* man hug
* side hug

#### Translations
### Verb

hug (third-person singular simple present hugs, present participle hugging, simple past and past participle hugged)
* (intransitive, obsolete) To crouch; to huddle as with cold.
** 1885, M. Quad, Field, Fort and Fleet, page 354:They had a slight breast work, and they hugged down behind it and waited.
** 1892, Paul Boyton, The Story of Paul Boyton:That is why they are so little known and never explored. During the day, when a Chilean cruiser nosed around uncomfortably close, the little sloop would be hugged under the lee of one of the islands, sail lowered and anchor dropped.
** 1892, The Sewanee Review - Volume 66, page 263:bright rocks whose stain of emerald or quartz shaft of shine the starfish hugged beneath the tide .
** 2014, Thomas Gifford, The Cavanaugh Quest:She put her feet on a rung and hugged down against her knees, making herself even smaller.
** 2020, Zhenyinfang, Marital Passion:Zhai Tingshen stood at the window upstairs, his black eyes staring intently at the figure that was tightly hugged below.
* (intransitive) To cling closely together.
* (transitive or reciprocal) To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.
    Billy hugged Danny until he felt better.
    They hugged for what seemed like an eternity.
* (transitive) To stay close to.
    to hug the shore, to hug the coastline
** 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.
** 2020 October 21, Dr Joseph Brennan, “From the main line and over the waves”, in Rail, page 60:Gourock also boasted a pier railway, although its pier hugged the shore rather than jutting into the bay.
* (transitive, figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
** 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:We hug intellectual deformities, if they bear our names

#### Synonyms

* (crouch): hunker, squat, stoop
* (cling closely): cleave, stick; see also Thesaurus:adhere
* (embrace): accoll (obsolete), coll, embrace; see also Thesaurus:embrace
* (stay close to):
* (hold fast): treasure

#### Derived terms

* body-hugging
* figure-hugging
* hug-a-hoodie
* huggable
* hugger
* huggle
* huggy
* hug-me-tight
* hug oneself

#### Translations

A-Hmao: 𖼀𖽔
Albanian: përqafoj (sq)
Arabic: عَانَقَ (ʕānaqa), اِحْتَضَنَ (iḥtaḍana), حَضَنَ (ḥaḍana)
Hijazi Arabic: ضَمّ (ḍamm), حَضَن (ḥaḍan)
Armenian: գրկել (hy) (grkel), փարվել (hy) (pʻarvel)
Aromanian: ambratsu
Azerbaijani: qucaqlamaq (az), bağrına basmaq
Basque: besarkatu
Belarusian: абдыма́ць impf (abdymácʹ), абня́ць pf (abnjácʹ)
Bulgarian: прегръ́щам (bg) impf (pregrǎ́štam), прегъ́рна pf (pregǎ́rna)
Burmese: ဖက် (my) (hpak)
Catalan: abraçar (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 抱 (pou$^5$)
Mandarin: 擁抱 / 拥抱 (zh) (yōngbào), 摟抱 / 搂抱 (zh) (lǒubào), (formal) 偎抱 (wēibào), 摟摟 / 搂搂 (lǒulou), 抱抱 (zh) (bàobao)
Czech: objímat impf, obejmout (cs) pf
Danish: omfavne, kramme (da), knuse (da)
Dutch: knuffelen (nl), omarmen (nl), omhelzen (nl)
Egyptian: (jnq), (qnj), (ḥpt)
Esperanto: brakumi (eo)
Estonian: embama
Faroese: klemma, kroysta (fo)
Finnish: halata (fi)
French: étreindre (fr), serrer (fr), embrasser (fr)
Galician: abrazar
Georgian: მოიცავს (moicavs), ეხუტება (exuṭeba)
German: umarmen (de), drücken (de)
Greek: αγκαλιάζω (el) (agkaliázo)
Ancient: please add this translation if you can
Guaraní: añua
Hebrew: חיבק \ חִבֵּק (khibék), חָבַק (he) (khavák)
Hindi: आलिंगन करना (āliṅgan karnā)
Hungarian: ölel (hu)
Icelandic: faðma (is), knúsa
Ido: embracar (io)
Indonesian: memeluk (id), mendekap (id)
Irish: cuach
Italian: abbracciare (it)
Japanese: 抱擁する (ja) (ほうようする, hōyō suru), 抱く (ja) (いだく, idaku), だく (ja) (daku), ハグする (ja) (hagu suru)
Jeju: 안다 (anda)
Kabuverdianu: abrasa, brasá
Kazakh: құшақтау (qūşaqtau), құшу (qūşu), айқалау (aiqalau), аймалау (aimalau)
Khmer: អោបរឹត (ʼaoprɨt)
Korean: 안다 (ko) (anda), 포옹하다 (poonghada), 끌어안다 (ko) (kkeureoanda), 껴안다 (kkyeoanda)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: باوەش گرتن (baweş girtin)
Kyrgyz: кучактоо (ky) (kucaktoo)
Lao: ກອດ (kǭt)
Latin: amplector, complector (la)
Latvian: apskaut
Lithuanian: apkabinti
Luxembourgish: ëmäerbelen, ëmäermelen, ëmaarmen
Macedonian: гушка impf (guška), гушне pf (gušne), прегрнува impf (pregrnuva), прегрне pf (pregrne), обгрнува impf (obgrnuva), обгрне pf (obgrne)
Malay: memeluk
Malayalam: കെട്ടിപ്പിടിക്കുക (ml) (keṭṭippiṭikkuka)
Maltese: għannaq, ħaddan
Maori: kēkeke, awhi
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тэврэх (mn) (tevrex)
Northern Sami: fátmut, sallut
Norwegian:
Bokmål: klemme (no), omfavne (no)
Nǀuu: ǁxam
Old English: clyppan
Old Norse: faðma
Oromo: hammachuu
Persian: بغل کردن (bağal kardan), در آغوش گرفتن (dar âğuš gereftan)
Pitjantjatjara: ampuṉi
Polish: przytulać (pl) impf, przytulić (pl) pf, tulić (pl) impf, obejmować (pl) impf, objąć (pl) pf, uściskać impf, uścisnąć pf
Portuguese: abraçar (pt)
Romanian: îmbrățișa (ro)
Russian: обнима́ть (ru) impf (obnimátʹ), обня́ть (ru) pf (obnjátʹ)
Sardinian: abbratzare
Scottish Gaelic: ioma-ghlac
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гр̏лити impf, за̀грлити pf, о̀бгрлити pf, обујмљи́вати impf, обу́јмити pf
Roman: gȑliti (sh) impf, zàgrliti (sh) pf, òbgrliti (sh) pf, obujmljívati (sh) impf, obújmiti (sh) pf
Shor: қучақтарға (quçaqtarğa)
Slovak: objímať impf, objať pf
Slovene: objemati impf, objéti (sl) pf
Spanish: abrazar (es), apapachar (es) (affectionate), apapuchar (es) (affectionate)
Swedish: krama (sv), omfamna (sv)
Tagalog: yakap
Tajik: оғӯш кардан (oġüš kardan)
Thai: กอด (th) (gɔ̀ɔt)
Tocharian B: yäks-
Turkish: sarılmak (tr)
Ugaritic: 𐎈𐎁𐎖 (ḥbq)
Ukrainian: обійма́ти impf (obijmáty), обійня́ти pf (obijnjáty), обніма́ти impf (obnimáty), обня́ти pf (obnjáty)
Uzbek: quchoqlamoq (uz), quchmoq (uz)
Vietnamese: ôm (vi)
Yiddish: האַלדזן (haldzn), אַרומנעמען (arumnemen)
Yoruba: dìmọ́ :

### See also

* cuddle
* huggle
* kiss
* snuggle
* squeeze

### Anagrams

* Ghu, ghu, ugh

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hoɡ/, [ˈhɔɡ̊]

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse hǫgg, verbal noun to hǫggva (“to hew”) (Danish hugge).

#### Noun

hug n (singular definite hugget, plural indefinite hug)
* stroke
* slash
* cut

##### Declension
#### References

* “hug,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /huɡ/, [ˈhuɡ̊]

#### Noun

hug (uninflected)
* squat

#### References

* “hug,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hoɡ/, [ˈhɔɡ̊]

#### Verb

hug
* imperative of hugge

## Faroese
### Noun

hug m
* indefinite accusative singular of hugur

## Manx
### Etymology 1

From Old Irish co (“to”). Compare Irish chuig and Scottish Gaelic gu.

#### Preposition

hug
* to

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

hug
* past of toyr

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* hau

### Etymology

From Old Norse hugr (“thought”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz og uncertain origin. Cognates include Norwegian Bokmål hu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hʉːɡ/, /hʉː/

### Noun

hug m (definite singular hugen, indefinite plural hugar, definite plural hugane)
* (chiefly uncountable) mind
* (chiefly uncountable, collective) one's thoughts
* (chiefly uncountable) wish, desire
** 1971, Olav H. Hauge, T'ao Ch'ien:Meir enn fyrr har han hug å draga seg attende til ein slik hageflekk.More than before, he has a desire to retreat to such a small garden.
* (uncountable, folklore) an itch in the nose which comes when someone is thinking of one, or as a warning that someone is about to arrive

#### Derived terms

* arbeidshug
* brennhug
* eldhug
* elskhug
* eventyrhug
* folkehug
* forhuga
* framhug
* fridomshug
* frihug
* giftehug
* gladhug
* glohug
* godhug
* gudshug
* gå-på-hug
* halvhuga
* hardhuga
* heilhuga
* heimhug
* hemnhug
* huga
* hugal
* hugast
* hugbera
* hugbrann
* hugbrot
* hugbrå
* hugdjerv
* hugdrag
* huge
* hugfallen
* hugfin
* hugheil
* hugill
* huglag
* hugleg
* huglegge
* hugleik
* huglynne
* hugløyse
* hugmild
* hugmjuk
* hugmål
* hugnad
* hugram
* hugrørsle
* hugs
* hugsam
* hugsjuk
* hugsott
* hugsprengd
* hugsprenge
* hugstela
* hugsterk
* hugstor
* hugstyrke
* hugsut
* hugsvala
* hugsviv
* hugsyn
* hugsår
* hugta
* hugtung
* hugvarm
* hugvende
* hugverk
* hugvill
* ihuga
* illhug
* kapphug
* koma i hug
* lesehug
* livshug
* mathug
* medhug
* mishug
* mothug
* nasehug
* offerhug
* omhug
* ovhug
* reddhug
* reisehug
* samhug
* skrivehug
* stridshug
* tilhug
* tiltakshug
* tvihug
* utferdshug
* vanhug
* vetehug
* vondhug

#### Related terms

* huge
* hugge
* hugse
* hygge
* ihuge
* uhug
* uhugnad
* åhug
* åthug
* åthuge

### Adjective

hug
* (predicative) keen, eager

### References

* “hug” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Noun

hug
* accusative/dative singular of hugr