Meanings
smooch1
plural smooches · alternative smouch
- informalA kiss, especially that which is on the cheek.
Ideally with exercise at 6am and then schmooches with my daughter Olympia. If I’m lucky I squeeze in a breakfast at Orphans Kitchen with some of my favourite people, and then off to work I go!
2023 November 16 [2019 February 5], “Mimi Gilmour Buckley on building a burger empire”, in Newmarket
present singular third person smooches · participle present smooching · participle past smooched · past smooched · alternative smouch
- ambitransitiveinformalTo kiss.
They smooched in the doorway.
2 more examples
[…] [Britney] Spears and NSYNCer Justin Timberlake smooching.
2000, Adweek, page 5"Hm. I guess I did agree to go along with whatever her conditions were..." "We smooched on it. No backsies."
2013 May 6, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Monday, May 6, 2013 - datedslangtransitiveTo steal.
Have either of you ever made a couple of quids at once in your puff before—pinching goods from the back of delivery vans and smooching lead off empty houses?
1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London
smooch2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who easily agrees to give oral sex.
More synonyms by meaning
verbsnuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian целу́вка, целу́вам
- целу́вка (celúvka)(informal) a kiss
- целу́вам (celúvam)(informal) to kiss
Catalan petó
- petó(informal) a kiss
Czech pusa, polibek
- pusa(informal) a kiss
- polibek(informal) a kiss
- muckat se(informal) to kiss
Dutch bekken
- bekken(informal) a kiss
Finnish pusu, suudelma
- pusu(informal) a kiss
- suudelma(informal) a kiss
- pussata(informal) to kiss
- suudella(informal) to kiss
French bécoter
- bécoter(informal) to kiss
German Schmatzer, Küsschen
- Schmatzer(informal) a kiss
- Küsschen(informal) a kiss
- Bussi(informal) a kiss
- Busserl(informal) a kiss
- knutschen(informal) to kiss
Hungarian puszi, puszil
- puszi(informal) a kiss
- puszil(informal) to kiss
Italian bacio, pomiciare
- bacio(informal) a kiss
- pomiciare(informal) to kiss
- baciare(informal) to kiss
- limonare(informal) to kiss
- slinguare(informal) to kiss
- fare l'amore(informal) to kiss
Romanian sărut, pupat
- sărut(informal) a kiss
- pupat(informal) a kiss
- pup(informal) a kiss
- țoc(informal) a kiss
- săruta(informal) to kiss
- pupa(informal) to kiss
- țocăi(informal) to kiss
Russian чмок, чмо́каться
- чмок (čmok)(informal) a kiss
- чмо́каться (čmókatʹsja)(informal) to kiss
- чмо́кнуться (čmóknutʹsja)(informal) to kiss
Spanish beso, besar
- beso(informal) a kiss
- besar(informal) to kiss
Swedish puss, hångla
- puss(informal) a kiss
- hångla(informal) to kiss
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with smooch
All rhymes →Cite this entry
smooch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smooch
“smooch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smooch. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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