semihug

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ hug

Noun

semihug (plural semihugs)

1. A partial hug.
   • 2015 September 23, Jonathan Martin, “A Day of Empty Seats and Donald Trump in Full Attack”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     As for policy related to African-American entrepreneurship, Mr. Trump said he wanted to overturn the Dodd-Frank financial law and called one black businessman to the stage, gave him a handshake, leaned in for a semihug and said he wanted the man to be negotiating with the Chinese.