"overhug" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overhugs [present, singular, third-person], overhugging [participle, present], overhugged [participle, past], overhugged [past]
Etymology: From over- + hug. Etymology templates: {{af|en|over-|hug}} over- + hug Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} overhug (third-person singular simple present overhugs, present participle overhugging, simple past and past participle overhugged)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To hug excessively or too much. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-overhug-en-verb-RxIKTcwS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for overhug meaning in English (1.7kB)

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