Express
Express verb - To make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion).
Hug
Hug verb - To express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune.
Nearby Word: hugged
How words are described
| nice | nice express | nice hug |
| single | single express | single hug |
| real | real express | real hug |
| huge | huge express | huge hug |
| Other adjectives: flying, occasional, giant. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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When at a wedding reception later on, Kitty receives a rather large hug beside him, prompting him to express discomfort over getting his shirt wrinkled by a similar hug.
Source: Film / The Village -
He does however express gratitude when friends express a desire to hug him, and accepts and returns hugs from Vincent a few times, in and out of the Dreamscape.
Source: Fanfic / A New World, A New Way - In another strip Jeremy and Walt express their mutual affection with an "Air Hug" (ie making hugging motions about three feet from one another).
Source: Accidental Hug
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