smooch

English

Etymology 1

Perhaps from a dialectal variation of smack. Compare also Low German smok (“a kiss, a smouch”).

Alternative forms

• smouch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -uːtʃ

Noun

smooch (plural smooches)

1. (informal) A kiss.

Derived terms

• smoochies
• smoochiness
• smoochy

Translations

(informal) a kiss

• Dutch: bekken
• Finnish: pusu (informal), suudelma

• Spanish: beso (es)

Verb

smooch (third-person singular simple present smooches, present participle smooching, simple past and past participle smooched)

1. (informal) To kiss.

   They smooched in the doorway.

Derived terms

• smoocher

Translations

(informal) to kiss

• Finnish: pussata (informal), suudella
• French: bécoter
• German: knutschen (de)

• Spanish: besar (es)
• Swedish: hångla (sv)

Etymology 2

Verb

smooch (third-person singular simple present smooches, present participle smooching, simple past and past participle smooched)

1. Alternative form of smutch.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.