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How to pronounce hug in American English
“hug” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to hug the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“hug” in real sentences — American speakers
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Female Speaker: Can we hug?
The Obama White House
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it was like a hug it was a cold hug surreal and then we turned around
NASA
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Encourage residents not to hug or shake hands.
CDC
Words that sound like “hug”
Words one sound away from hug — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “hug”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of hug. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.