overhug

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ hug.

Verb

overhug (third-person singular simple present overhugs, present participle overhugging, simple past and past participle overhugged)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To hug excessively or too much.
   • 2020 August 15, Jeniffer Senior, “Learning to Love Joe Biden”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     There’ll be little campaigning on the hustings this season. For a politician who cherishes the connect, social distancing could be politically fatal; but for Biden, it could be a gift. He’ll have fewer chances to get carried away as he speaks, to overhug, to stick his foot in it (and he’s done quite a bit of that already).