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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rough, tight hug.
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- noun any especially
large ,tight orenthusiastic hug, usually friendly and especially between men - noun in
business , ahostile takeover effort in which onefirm offers to buy the other firm at ashare price too high torefuse - noun in
wrestling , ahold with the arms around the opponent
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a takeover bid so attractive that the directors of the target company must approve it or risk shareholder protest
- noun a wrestling hold with arms locked tightly around the opponent
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chained_bear commented on the word bear hug
I resemble this remark.
October 25, 2008
reesetee commented on the word bear hug
:-D
October 28, 2008