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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "hugging":

    hug, kiss

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  1. The President:

    I'll never forget the scene of Ivanka Trump coming out of prison after 21 years and greeting Ivanka Trump family and everybody was crying. Ivanka Trump sons, Ivanka Trump grandsons, everybody was crying and hugging and holding each other. It was a beautiful thing to see, it was a very tough situation.

  2. Eric Schmitt-Matzen:

    Eric Schmitt-Matzen kind of sat up, and gave me a big hug and asked one more question : ‘ Santa can you help me ? ’ I wrapped my arms around Eric Schmitt-Matzen. Before I could say anything, Eric Schmitt-Matzen died right there. I let Eric Schmitt-Matzen stay, just kept hugging and holding on to Eric Schmitt-Matzen.

  3. Fariha Abbasi-Feinberg:

    Some individuals might want a heavier weight to feel a sense of' hugging' and calmness, while others might want something lighter.

  4. Cheryl Norton:

    For a single second, everybody else was gone and I was just hugging my daughter, it was like she was safe for that one minute and I could take it all away from her.

  5. 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.


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