huggie

comparative more huggie · superlative most huggie

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of huggy.

   This was such a huggie family.

   2020, Ginny Baird, The Duplicate Bride

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   She wasn't really a huggie person but thought this moment called for one.

   2013, Dalyne Micerry, Playing For Keeps, page 119

   We were not a big huggie family so I was very, very encased in a little stay-away-from-me shell growing-up, and here I got to open up and feel safe and able to touch and hold and be able to be with another human being, which was really a big relief, a very positive part of my understanding of myself that I wasn't just this outcast evil outsider of everything.

   2019, Victor C. de Munck, Romantic Love in America, page 152

   Toni shared that she tipped the delivery boy with a stack of cookies and got a wrestler's hug in return. My mother commented that it was a “huggie group.”

   2019, June Lowenberg, Clear Colors

plural huggies

1. informalA hug.

   He shrugged, not having an answer, put his other arm round Jimi, and the three of them had a huggie.

   2014, M. Gilliland, The Free

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   Tib who had been upon the point of offering comfort in the shape of a huggie and a kiss, thought better of it and refrained.

   1892, Stella Austin, Tib and Sib: A Story for Children, page 48

   "Oh, huggie, huggie, kissie, kissie ! " Larry sneered, kicking sideways and giving Jamie a painful thrust in the leg.

   1986, Elaine Bissell, The Kendall Women, page 112

2. A thermal sleeve that fits around a cup, can, or bottle.

   He went in further and found a red drink huggie lodged in her intestine.

   1996 April, Julia Spalding, “Sick as a Dog”, in Indianapolis Monthly, volume 19, number 9, page 107

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   The preferred Dexter-style drinkholders (which accommodate a can or bottle with or without a huggie) […]

   1989 Feburary-June, Allen D. Berrien, “Spirit of America”, in Boating, volume 62, page 126

   "See this?" he asked, unfolding a green huggie (thermal drink holder) made of rubber, he announced: " I got this for being the grand marshal in a St. Patrick's Day parade. And I am one lucky man."

   2013, Buddy Martin, The Boys from Old Florida

plural Huggies

1. informaluncommonA diaper made by the Huggies company.

   "Does anyone have a Huggie?" If this disposable diaper trend continues, it's also possible that CO's in wartime will no longer be conscientious objectors, but rather cloth objectors.

   1994, Carole Achterhof, Life with a Channel Surfer, Bare Bones Books, →ISBN, page 79

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   I was on a long road trip with my 3-year-old daughter and newborn twin boys. It was about 2:00 in the morning. […] All of a sudden I realized I had to pee. Badly. There was no way I was pulling into a rest stop at this hour all by myself. […] After a few frantic minutes, I had a brilliant plan. I reached into the twins' diaper bag, pulled out a diaper and thought, "Yes!" slid my pants down, placed not one, but two Huggies® under myself, and aahhhh...sweet relief.

   2009, Rebecca, “Road Trip”, in Jen Peters, Ginger Highland, editor, Mother of the Year: The Adventures and Misadventures of Parenthood, 2 edition, Leisure Arts, →ISBN, page 97

   Zac rubbed his red eyes. "She's done a poo." "It's all right, I'll go," said Merridy, relieved to have an excuse. She put her sun hat back on and went to fetch a Huggie from the supply that she kept handy in the spare bedroom.

   2010, Nicholas Shakespeare, Secrets of the Sea, Random House, →ISBN, page 203

   There have been some excellent recent examples of firms extending the life of a customer by adapting a marketing strategy. Kimberly-Clark, manufacturer of Huggies disposable nappies, was subject to the limitations imposed by the fact that the 'life' of a Huggie customer (the baby) averaged only 18 months, until the child became toilet-trained. Market research also revealed a considerable degree of guilt among parents.

   2019, Svend Hollensen, Marketing Management, Pearson Education, →ISBN, Increasing CLTV, unnumbered page