bear hug
noun1
Any especially large, tight or enthusiastic hug, usually friendly and especially given by a male.
- Granddad scooped up the child in a big bear hug.
- Challenger kissed us all in her emotion, before she finally threw herself into the bear-hug of her husband.1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
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Business A hostile takeover effort in which one firm offers to buy the other firm at a share price too high to refuse.
3
Government, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Martial arts, Military, Politics, Sports, War, Wrestling A hold with the arms around the opponent.