hugger
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhʌɡɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhʌɡə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ʌɡə(ɹ)
Noun
edithugger (plural huggers)
Derived terms
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edithugger (third-person singular simple present huggers, present participle huggering, simple past and past participle huggered)
- (obsolete) To conceal; to lurk in ambush.
- 1567, Thomas Harman, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursitors:
- Such a one they saw there lyrkinge and huggeringe two houres before.
References
edit- “hugger”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Danish
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edithugger
Norwegian Bokmål
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edithugger
Swedish
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edithugger
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