Synonyms for hugging
hug·ging

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1. caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snugglingnoun

   affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

   Synonyms:
   snuggling, petting, kissing, gorgerin, fondling, smooching, caressing, necking, cuddling

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1. List of paraphrases for "hugging":

   hug, kiss

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1. Kellyanne Conway:

   Somebody was grabbing me from behind, grabbing my arms, and was shaking me to the point where I felt maybe somebody was hugging me.

2. Dusty Kornbacher:

   All the parking lots were full with parents and kids hugging each other and crying and nobody really knowing what was going on.

3. John Updike:

   Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.

4. Washington Post:

   We saw something striking happen the next morning on the The House floor, republicans who knew John Dingell, and are friends with Debbie Dingell, went up to her on the floor and were very apologetic for the President, hugging her, embracing her, including Louie Gohmert, who is one of President Trump's number one attack dogs in the The House, apologizing for the President. It's a reminder that even though this partisan rancor has hit a fever pitch in Washington amid all the impeachment, there is some decency, still, in the halls of Congress.

5. Chance Crafton:

   How could you do something to two little babies, just looking like they’re hugging each other?