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How to pronounce hugs in American English
“hugs” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to hugs the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“hugs” in real sentences — American speakers
135 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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His hugs were just like big bear hugs.
Dept of Labor
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They're smiling, giving people hugs.
FEMA
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give people handshakes and hugs again?
CDC
Words that sound like “hugs”
Words one sound away from hugs — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “hugs”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of hugs. 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.