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Synonyms for bear hug
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bair-huhg |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɛərˌhʌg |
Définition of bear hug
Origin :- 1876, from bear (n.) + hug (n.).
- noun embracement
- Georgie came and was received with a bear hug and a shower of kisses.
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- How are your ribs feeling, after that bear hug you got this afternoon?
- Extract from : « Baseball Joe Around the World » by Lester Chadwick
- Never mind your cap; I must give you a bear hug, if I die for it.
- Extract from : « A College Girl » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
- With that he shakes me by both hands, gives me a bear hug, and rushes off.
- Extract from : « The House of Torchy » by Sewell Ford
- He clapped his arms around me at once and gave me a bear hug.
- Extract from : « Paradise Garden » by George Gibbs
- Then over their own clasping had come the man's bear hug and little laughs and screams from her pretty mother.
- Extract from : « Under the Law » by Edwina Stanton Babcock
- The Rough Red jerked him to his feet, delivered a bear hug that nearly crushed his ribs, and pounded him mightily on the back.
- Extract from : « The Riverman » by Stewart Edward White
- "We've lost a lot of time, I'm afraid," said Ethelwyn after they had given her a bear hug and a kiss.
- Extract from : « What Two Children Did » by Charlotte E. Chittenden
- If Charles stepped inside it, the man would grab him in a bear hug and knife him in the back.
- Extract from : « The Syndic » by C.M. Kornbluth
- He threw his great arms about me and gave me a "bear hug," and then held me at arms' length and looked me over.
- Extract from : « Adventures in Swaziland » by Owen Rowe O'Neil
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