hugger

American  

[huhg-er] / ˈhʌg ər /

noun

• huggers
  plural

1. a person or thing that hugs, especially habitually or readily.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• non-hugger
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• huggers
  plural

Example Sentences

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hugger huggers

“I could do without becoming known as the man who has a hugger for a son,” he reproves when Cal tries to embrace him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

When she died in 2012, friends and co-workers described her as an elegant leader with “a gentle strength” — a hugger who never forgot a name and a beacon of her community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2025

"With the grits, I always think of how I could make it feel like a hug. Ironically, I'm not a hugger."

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2023

She is still a hugger — maybe even more so now.

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2023

“Oh! Apologies. I’m a big hugger, and sometimes I forget to ask. I won’t do it again.”

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

When some of the store’s early merchandise fell flat with San Francisco’s younger shoppers, Doris stepped in and began choosing which Levi’s styles to carry, including hip huggers and bell bottoms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

The companies selling that equipment don’t care whether the regulations come from tree huggers or national-security hawks.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 12, 2025

Little is known plot-wise, but it's expected to, as always, feature xenomorphs - savage aliens that reproduce by using face huggers to implant their eggs in living bodies.

From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2023

The meeting was held in a campground outside of Los Alamos, and we were a scruffy-looking bunch of backpackers and tree huggers.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2023

Fadi glanced at the table the school tree huggers association had set up to raise money for a campaign to clean up local beaches.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai