smooch

English

Etymology 1

Perhaps from a dialectal variation of smack. Compare also Low German smok (“a kiss, a smouch”).

Alternative forms

• smouch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smuːtʃ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːtʃ

Noun

smooch (plural smooches)

1. (informal) A kiss.

Derived terms

• smoochies
• smoochiness
• smoochy

Translations

(informal) a kiss

• 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)
• Italian: bacio (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: sărut (ro) n, pupat (ro) n (informal), pup (ro) m (informal), țoc (ro) n (informal)
• Russian: чмок (ru) (čmok)
• Spanish: beso (es)
• Swedish: puss (sv) c

Verb

1. (informal, transitive, intransitive) To kiss.

   They smooched in the doorway.

Derived terms

• besmooch
• smoocher

Translations

(informal) to kiss

• Finnish: (informal) pussata (fi), suudella (fi)
• French: bécoter (fr)
• German: knutschen (de)
• Italian: pomiciare, baciare (it), limonare (it), slinguare (it), fare l'amore (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: săruta (ro), pupa (ro) (informal), țocăi (ro) (informal)
• Russian: чмокаться (ru) n pl or impf (čmokatʹsja), чмокнуться (ru) n pl or pf (čmoknutʹsja)
• Spanish: besar (es)
• Swedish: hångla (sv)

Etymology 2

Verb

1. Alternative form of smutch
   • 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!

Anagrams

• chomos, schmoo