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hug noun

  /hʌɡ/
  • A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug").
 knuffel, knuffelen

hug verb

  /hʌɡ/
  • (transitive, figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
 knuffelen, omhelzen, omarmen, elkaar omarmen

hugging

geknuffel
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  • English: hug
  • Nederlands: hug