Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hugger

/ˈhʌɡɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables: hug-ger
IPA: /ˈhʌɡɚ/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who hugs or embraces.

noun

A ceiling fan whose blades are close to the ceiling.

verb

To conceal; to lurk in ambush.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"When the pub downstairs closed, a contingent of straight couples ranging in age from 16 to 60 arrived to dance, though they were still safely outnumbered by same-sex huggers and smoochers."
"Jenny hadn’t been a natural hugger, but she’d been a smiler, a handholder."
"Such a one they saw there lyrkinge and huggeringe two houres before."

Etymology

Etymology tree English hug Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English hugger From hug + -er.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhʌɡɚ/
British English: /ˈhʌɡə/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

huggers (plural) huggers (present, singular) huggering (participle, present) huggered (participle, past) huggered (past)

Derived Forms

hiphugger hiphuggers nuthugger nuthuggers

Phrases

bunny hugger dolphin hugger hip-hugger hugger-mugger Jesus hugger left lane hugger panda hugger right lane hugger

Rhymes With

bugger slugger duggar mugger dugger brugger debugger lugger rugger plugger tugger chugger

Questions

How do you pronounce hugger?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhʌɡɚ/.
What does hugger mean?: One who hugs or embraces.
Where does hugger come from?: Etymology tree English hug Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English hugger From hug + -er.

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