huggie

English

Etymology 1

From hug +‎ -ie.

Adjective

huggie (comparative more huggie, superlative most huggie)

1. Tending to give hugs easily and freely.
   • 2013, Dalyne Micerry, Playing For Keeps, page 119:

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

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

     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, June Lowenberg, Clear Colors:

     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.”

   • 2020, Ginny Baird, The Duplicate Bride:

     This was such a huggie family.

Etymology 2

From hug +‎ -ie.

Noun

huggie (plural huggies)

1. (informal) A hug.
   • 1892, Stella Austin, Tib and Sib: A Story for Children, page 48:

     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.

   • 1986, Elaine Bissell, The Kendall Women, page 112:

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

   • 2014, M. Gilliland, The Free:

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

2. A thermal sleeve that fits around a cup, can, or bottle.
   • 1989 Feburary-June, Allen D. Berrien, “Spirit of America”, in Boating, volume 62, page 126:

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

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

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

   • 2013, Buddy Martin, The Boys from Old Florida:

     "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."