*חָבַב II, (v. preced. wds.) to embrace (in a fight), to wrestle. Tosef. Shebu. VI, 2 כל זמן שהיו חוֹבְבִין זה את זה (Var. חוֹכְכִין) as long as they were fighting each other, i.e. if the case comes up immediately after the fight took place; ib. B. Kam. IX, 28 חוככין; Y. Shebu. VII, 37ᵈ bot. חוככין.—V. חֲבִיבָאֵי.