English

Buck Showalter (left) engages Matt Wieters in a bro-hug.

Alternative forms

• bro hug

Noun

bro-hug ‎(plural bro-hugs)

1. (US slang) A hug shared between male colleagues or friends, especially a quick, physically reserved one. [from 21st c.]
   • 2012, John G. Hartness, Back in Black, Bell Bridge Books (2012), ISBN 9781611941753, unnumbered page:

     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.

   • 2013, Dave Sheinin, RG3: The Promise, Plume (2013), ISBN 9781101623978, unnumbered page:

     “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.

   • 2014, Erin Nicholas, Getting in the Spirit, ISBN 9780991557998, unnumbered page:

     He and Joe did that bro-hug thing that guys did that was not quite a hug but was more than a handshake.