- 2. Retain, cherish, nurse in the mind, hold fast, cling to, keep hold of.
- 3. (Naut.) Go near, keep close to.
Hug, n. Embrace, clasp.
Huge, a. Vast, bulky, enormous, immense, stupendous, gigantic, colossal, elephantine, Herculean, Cyclopean, very great, very large.
Hugger-mugger, n. (Contemptuous.)
- 1. Secrecy, privacy.
- 2. Disorder, confusion, slovenliness.
Hugger-mugger, a. (Contemptuous.)
- 1. Secret, clandestine, sly.
- 2. Mean, unfair, base, contemptible.
- 3. Confused, disorderly, slovenly.
Huguenot, n. French Protestant.
Hulk, n. Hull (of an old vessel), broken and dismasted vessel.
Hull, n.
- 1. Husk, outer covering.
- 2. Body of a vessel.
Hull, v. a. Peel, strip the hull from.
Hullabaloo, n. Racket, din, clamor, uproar, hubbub, outcry, vociferation, disturbance, confusion, noisy sport.
Hum, v. n. Buzz, make a buzzing sound.
Hum, v. a. Sing (in a low voice).
Hum, n. Buzz, buzzing sound.
Human, a.
- 1. Man’s, of man, belonging to man.