hugger
noun
a person or thing that hugs, especially habitually or readily.
huggers
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pluralof hugger.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
