Meaning

2 senses

  1. (ambitransitive, informal)To kiss.

    They smooched in the doorway.

    knutschen

    чмо́катьсяčmókatʹsja, чмо́кнутьсяčmóknutʹsja

  2. (dated, slang, transitive)To steal.

More definitions
  • snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others

Examples

4 sentences

  1. He gave her a big smooch.

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  2. Give me a big smooch, and we won't talk about it anymore.

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  3. We smooched in the car.

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  4. Those two are always smooching.

    deDie beiden knutschen schon die ganze Zeit.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
(informal) to kiss:
Deutsch
(informal) to kiss:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

smooches, smooching, smooched, smooched
Base formsmooch · to smooch
3rd person singularsmooches
Present participlesmooching
Past simplesmooched
Past participlesmooched

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysmooch
he, she, itsmooches

Past simpleLesson

all personssmooched

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave smooched
he, she, ithas smooched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill smooch

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others:spoon

Word family

3 related words
Relatedsmooching
Derivedbesmoochsmoocher

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
smokingA1smokysmoldersmoothA2
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