snoggle

snoggle

English

Etymology

Blend of snog +‎ snuggle?

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɡəl

Verb

snoggle (third-person singular simple present snoggles, present participle snoggling, simple past and past participle snoggled)

1. (informal) To kiss.
   • 2001, Billie, Re: Meg went dateless in Aspen, alt.gossip.celebrities, <[e-mail]>

     No, she and Crowe both attended, but they entered and exited separately, but were seen dancing and snoggling together.

   • 2003, "dog", Re: What is the best selling jazz album of all time?, rec.music.jazz, <[e-mail]>

     Hey he's not bad when reading a book, or snoggling with a lady.

   • 2007, Dirty Sick Pig, Joekerr's account, alt.psst.hoy, <kd3_h.4536$st3.1349@trnddc06>

     I ended up with an older woman at a club last night. She looked ok for a 57-year old. We drank a bit, and a had a bit of a snoggle and she asked if I'd ever had a Sportsman's Double.

   • 2010 (2012), Roger Ebert, "Chandi Chowk to China", Chicago Sun-Times, reprinted in A Horrible Experience of Unbearable Length: More Movies That Suck, Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN, page 39

     [...] so that the greatest tension in all romances comes as a heroine is maybe, just maybe, about to kiss someone. This is always spellbinding and illustrates my maxim that it is less erotic to snoggle for sixty minutes than spend sixty seconds wondering if you are almost about to be snoggled.

Anagrams

• Noggles, gelongs, legongs