English-Dutch translations for hug

• knuffelen
• knuffel
  Toen we uiteindelijk vertrokken, kon ik niet nalaten haar een knuffel te geven om mijn gevoelens te uiten - beslist niet politiek correct als de buren het konden zien, of eigenlijk in het geheel niet. At the end, when we left, I could not resist giving her a hug to express my feelings - clearly not politically correct when the neighbours could see or, indeed, at all.
• knuffeling
• omstrengelen

Definition of hug

• A close embrace, especially when charged with such an emotion as represented by: affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, agression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug
• To crouch; huddle as with cold
• To cling closely together
• To stay close to (the shore etc
• To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish

Examples

• Billy hugged Danny until he felt better

Related words

• huge
• chug
• Hugh
• Huguenot
• thug
• chugger
• treehugger
• chugging
• hugging