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SNOG

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: snogged    , snogging   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.

Example:

She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room

Synonyms:

buss; kiss; osculate; snog

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "snog" is one way to...):

touch (make physical contact with, come in contact with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "snog"):

peck; smack (kiss lightly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

snogging ((British informal) cuddle and kiss)

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