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/

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• Rhymes: -uːtʃ

Noun

smooch (plural smooches)

1. (informal) A kiss, especially that which is on the cheek.

Derived terms

• smoochies
• smoochiness
• smoochy

Translations

(informal) a kiss

• Bulgarian: целу́вка (bg) f (celúvka)
• Catalan: petó (ca)
• Dutch: bekken (nl)
• Finnish: (informal) pusu (fi), suudelma (fi)
• German: Schmatzer (de) m, Küsschen (de) n, Bussi (de) (chiefly Bavaria and Austria), Busserl (de) n (Bavaria and Austria)
• Hungarian: puszi (hu)
• Italian: bacio (it) m
• Romanian: sărut (ro) n, pupat (ro) n (informal), pup (ro) m (informal), țoc (ro) n (informal)
• Russian: чмок (ru) m (čmok)
• Spanish: beso (es)
• Swedish: puss (sv) c

Verb

smooch (third-person singular simple present smooches, present participle smooching, simple past and past participle smooched)

1. (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

• Bulgarian: целу́вам (bg) impf (celúvam)
• Finnish: (informal) pussata (fi), suudella (fi)
• French: bécoter (fr)
• German: knutschen (de)
• Hungarian: puszil (hu)
• Italian: pomiciare (it), baciare (it), limonare (it), slinguare (it), fare l'amore (it)
• Romanian: săruta (ro), pupa (ro) (informal), țocăi (ro) (informal)
• Russian: чмо́каться (ru) impf (čmókatʹsja), чмо́кнуться (ru) pf (čmóknutʹsja)
• Spanish: besar (es)
• Swedish: hångla (sv)

Etymology 2

Noun

smooch (plural smooches)

1. 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!

Verb

smooch (third-person singular simple present smooches, present participle smooching, simple past and past participle smooched)

1. Alternative form of smutch

Anagrams

• chomos, schmoo