smooch
English
Etymology 1
Perhaps from a dialectal variation of smack. Compare also Low German smok (“a kiss, a smouch/smooch”).
Alternative forms
- smouch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smuːt͡ʃ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːtʃ
Noun
smooch (plural smooches)
- (informal) A kiss, especially that which is on the cheek.
Derived terms
- smoochies
- smoochiness
- smoochy
Translations
(informal) a kiss
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Verb
smooch (third-person singular simple present smooches, present participle smooching, simple past and past participle smooched)
- (informal, transitive, intransitive) To kiss.
- They smooched in the doorway.
- 2013 May 6, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Monday, May 6, 2013:
- "Hm. I guess I did agree to go along with whatever her conditions were..." "We smooched on it. No backsies."
Derived terms
- besmooch
- smoocher
Translations
(informal) to kiss
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Noun
smooch (plural smooches)
- Alternative form of smutch
- 1892, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper"
- Then she said that the paper stained everything it touched, that she had found yellow smooches on all my clothes and John's, and she wished we would be more careful!
- 1892, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper"
Verb
smooch (third-person singular simple present smooches, present participle smooching, simple past and past participle smooched)
- Alternative form of smutch
Anagrams
- chomos, schmoo