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smooch

UK/smuːt͡ʃ/ US/smut͡ʃ/ uncommon dated informal slang

noun

1.

an enthusiastic kiss

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verb

1.

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

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Origin

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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