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a kiss or a spell of amorous kissing and cuddling (He moved in for a big smooch • Confetti was all around and Chris and I planted a big smooch on each other. • The spirited young girl wrapped her arms around her brother's neck, giving him a big smooch on the cheek. • I once saw a young girl from the audience land a smooch on the cheek of a stoutly-built male singer, whose singing was notoriously out of tune. • Lovers kissed, sharing their first smooch of the year. • Its romance though, is a magnet for lovers, and many pause to throw in their coins and seal their hopes with a smooch.  lexico.com) |
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a slow, romantic dance (Kate had a smooch with a very attractive young man at the Christmas party.
cambridge.org); a period of slow dancing in a close embrace (they suggest a dance but it turns into a smooch lexico.com) |
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alternative form of smutch (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) |
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kiss and cuddle amorously (The young lovers smooched in their car • Lovers walked together against the flowers, or sat on a bench, smooching to their hearts' delight. • I gulped as they smooched - for quite a long time, too - and wished more than anything that it was me he was kissing. • Grayson and I spent a lot of time together, rolling around, sitting in laps, and being smooched. • You two can't smooch in there since your mother is in the kitchen. • There was a rumour of something going on between the two, but as far as the boy was concerned, as long as they didn't smooch in front of him (he shivered in disgust), he was fine with it. lexico.com); to kiss, hold, and touch someone in a sexual way (Didn't I see you smooching with Mark at Kim's party? cambridge.org) |
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dance slowly and very close together to slow, romantic music (The dance floor was full of middle-aged couples smooching to slushy ballads. cambridge.org); dance slowly in a close embrace (In the slow numbers she gave him no encouragement to smooch with her. • Although some of the lyrics aren't appropriate, I love this song all the same… and I would love to be dancing and smooching up against my man to it. lexico.com) |
