hugger
verbEtymology From hug + -er.
1
Obsolete To conceal; to lurk in ambush.
- Such a one they saw there lyrkinge and huggeringe two houres before.1567, Thomas Harman, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursitors:
hugger
nounUS /ˈhʌɡɚ/ · UK /ˈhʌɡə/
Etymology From hug + -er.
1
One who hugs or embraces.
- 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.1988 August 20, Chris Reed, “The English 'Strip-tique'”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 6, page 16:
- Jenny hadn’t been a natural hugger, but she’d been a smiler, a handholder.2012, Joy Dettman, Wind in the Wires, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 28:
2
A ceiling fan whose blades are close to the ceiling.
- Derived terms
- bunny hugger, dolphin hugger, hip-hugger, hiphugger, hiphuggers, hugger-mugger, Jesus hugger, left lane hugger, nuthugger, nuthuggers, panda hugger, right lane hugger, tree hugger