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How to pronounce “hugging”
Hear “hugging” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for hugging
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of hugging with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Edith Widder: Glowing life in an underwater world 17 minutes
and you're so toilet-hugging sick
- Definition summary
- present participle and gerund of hug
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce hugging
Edith Widder: Glowing life in an underwater world 17 minutes

and you're so toilet-hugging sick
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “hugging”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- present participle and gerund of hug
- [Noun]
- The act of giving a hug.
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