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smooch

Pronunciation: /smuːtʃ/

informal
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Definition of smooch

verb

[no object]
  • kiss and cuddle amorously:the young lovers smooched in their car
  • British dance slowly in a close embrace: in the slow numbers she gave him no encouragement to smooch with her

noun

  • a kiss or a spell of amorous kissing and cuddling:he moved in for a big smooch
  • British a period of slow dancing in a close embrace:they suggest a dance but it turns into a smooch

Derivatives

smoocher

noun

smoochy

adjective (smoochier, smoochiest)

Origin:

1930s: from dialect smouch, of imitative origin

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