mouth-to-mouth

noun

Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

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Meanings

nounmouth-to-mouth (uncountable)
  1. uncountableMouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

    Press on her chest or give her mouth-to-mouth first? Since she'd been strangled, I decided to give her mouth-to-mouth.

    2014, William Stadler, Seize the Soul: Confessions of a Summoner, page 160
  2. figurativelyslanguncountableKissing, particularly French kissing.

    “Looking forward to a little mouth-to-mouth action?” Sonnet asks me. “Maybe reignite your lost love.” ¶ “Yeah, because resuscitation is so romantic.”

    2010, Sydney Salter, Swoon at Your Own Risk, →ISBN, page 27
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    “Welllllllllllll, maybe a little mouth-to mouth^([sic]) is in order,” as she flung her arms around Quirk's neck, pressed her firm, yet supple body against his and gave him a long, open mouthed kiss.

    2005, Chase Walker, Robert D. Russell, Bayou Savage, the Ghost Wars - Book 2, →ISBN, page 192

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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Chicago

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