■ verb ( ~s , ~ging , ~ged )
1》 embrace (someone) tightly.
↘hold (something) tightly against one's body: he ~ged his knees to his chest.
2》 keep close to: a few craft ~ged the shore.
■ noun an act of ~ging.
↘a squeezing grip in wrestling.
Derivatives
~gable adjective
~ger noun
Origin
C16: prob. of Scand. origin.