Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial)To kiss passionately.

    knutschen, küssen

More definitions
  • touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. I'd like to snog him.

  2. I caught them snogging in my office.

    deIch habe sie beim Knutschen in meinem Büro erwischt. — manese

  3. Tom and Mary stood snogging in a corner all evening.

    deTom und Maria haben den ganzen Abend, in einer Ecke stehend, geknutscht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom and Mary stood in a corner all evening, snogging.

    deTom und Maria haben den ganzen Abend, in einer Ecke stehend, geknutscht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. "Why are you late?" "My girlfriend and I were snogging on the riverbank, and we ended up rolling in."

    de„Warum kommst du so spät?“ – „Meine Freundin und ich haben am Flußufer geknutscht und sind letztlich hineingerollt.“ — Waldelfe

Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
slang: kiss passionately:

Origin

Uncertain. 1945. Possibly related to snug.

Uncertain. 1945. Possibly related to snug.

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Forms

snogs, snogging, snogged, snogged
Base formsnog · to snog
3rd person singularsnogs
Present participlesnogging
Past simplesnogged
Past participlesnogged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysnog
he, she, itsnogs

Past simpleLesson

all personssnogged

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill snog

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.:kissbussosculate

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsnogging

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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