to hug

  • 51hug the road — {v. phr.} To stay firmly on the road; ride smoothly without swinging. * /A heavy car with a low center of gravity will hug the road./ * /At high speeds a car will not hug the road well./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 52hug — Synonyms and related words: abduct, accost, accueil, address, adhere, adhere to, agglomerate, around, bear, bear hug, bite, bob, bosom, bow, bunch, carry off, cherish, clamp, clasp, cleave, cleave to, clench, clinch, cling, cling to, clinging,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 53hug — n. to give smb. a hug * * * [hʌg] to give smb. a hug …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 54hug\ the\ road — v. phr. To stay firmly on the road; ride smoothly without swinging. A heavy car with a low center of gravity will hug the road. At high speeds a car will not hug the road well …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 55hug the porcelain god(dess) — AND hug the throne tv. to vomit; to vomit while holding on to the toilet seat. □ The girls rank a lot of beer and two of them spent the night hugging the porcelain god. □ I don’t want to get drunk and have to hug the porcelain goddess all night …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 56hug — transitive verb (hugged; hugging) Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse hugga to soothe Date: 1567 1. to press tightly especially in the arms 2. a. congratulate b. to hold fast ; cherish < hugged his miseries like a sul …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 57Hug I of Empúries — Hugh I ( Hugo or Hug ) (c.965 ndash; 1040), Count of Empúries from 991, was the son of Gausfred I and his first wife, Ava, daughter of Raymond II of Rouergue. By the testament of his father, dated 969, Hugh was to receive the county of Ampurias&#8230; …

    Wikipedia

  • 58Hug — This name derives from the medieval personal name Hucca or Uccak a pet form of the Olde English pre 7th Century name Uhtroed a compound of the elements uht , dawn plus ric power. One, Gamel filius (son of) Jucca is recorded in the 1185 Knights&#8230; …

    Surnames reference

  • 59hug — [16] Etymologically, hug seems to convey the notion of ‘consolation, solicitude’; the expression of such feelings by clasping someone in one’s arms is apparently a secondary semantic development. The word is of Scandinavian origin, and is&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 60hug v — Did you hear about the blonde that went to library and checked out a book called How to Hug ? Got back to the dorm and found out it was volume 7 of an encyclopedia …

    English expressions