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/ˈbɹəʊhʌɡ/ · noun
(US slang) A hug shared between male colleagues or friends, especially a quick, physically reserved one..
It wasn't even one of the one-armed bro-hugs that we usually do, it was a full-on hug with my arms wrapped all the way around his pudgy body.
“I'm proud of you,” Brees whispered in Griffin's ear when they met at midfield after the game for the traditional quarterback bro-hug.
He and Joe did that bro-hug thing that guys did that was not quite a hug but was more than a handshake.
Use bro-hug when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bro-hug means (US slang) A hug shared between male colleagues or friends, especially a quick, physically reserved one..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It wasn't even one of the one-armed bro-hugs that we usually do, it was a full-on hug with my arms wrapped all the way around his pudgy body.
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