Hi,

Is there a slang or colloquial word or words for the word kiss as a noun and a verb?

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Shorter slang dictionary‎ - Page 196
by Rosalind Fergusson, Eric Partridge, Paul Beale - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1994 - 241 pages

smooch

smooch to kiss and cuddle amorously. Probably from the dialect verb smudge or ... Mainly prison slang. Since before 1896. ...
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Dictionary of American slang‎ - Page 493
by Harold Wentworth, Stuart Berg Flexner - Foreign Language Study - 1967 - 718 pages

4 To kiss and caress;

to pet or neck.

1937: "Once upon a time you 'spooned,'
then you 'petted,' ... she replied: 'Don't you know your own American slang? ...
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Slang down the ages: the historical development of slang‎ - Page 210
by Jonathon Green - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1993 - 393 pages


To kiss is to slake (19C), chew face, mug, ...
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The American thesaurus of slang, with supplement: a complete reference book ...‎
by Lester V. Berrey, Melvin Van den Bark - Foreign Language Study - 1947 - 1174 pages
Page 337

... hot-tongue, to kiss passionately;
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For more, see some of the entries here in this search in published books for pages of slang dictionaries describing/relating to "to kiss"

671 on "to kiss" slang
http://books.google.com/books?...ng&lr=&sa=N&start=50

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Marius Hancu,

Also, check all the words at the top here:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kiss

Not all are synonyms, some are just related.

We've got also "snog":
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/snog

Longman has it as British English informal. Maybe Rachel or Richard could tell us if it is also used in AmE or not...!

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We've got also "snog":
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/snog

If two people snog , they kiss each other, especially for a long time.

I don't think we use 'snog' in AmE.

Or maybe I'm missing something.

This American dictionary lists it, Rachel:

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The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English‎ - Page 911
by Tom Dalzell, Tom Dalzell: Te, Eric Partridge - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2008 - 1104 pages
197, 1 960 • — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study ... 2,

1986 Snog
noun
a passionate kiss; a short but intense period of kissing and cuddling

http://books.google.com/books?...&dq=%22snog%22+slang

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This is a great slang dictionary, BTW.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Marius Hancu,

Well, they may list it, Jerry, but I know it's not commonly used or heard.

I've heard it many times, however, am not sure now if the sources were BrE or AmE.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Marius Hancu,

"Snogging" is often heard in BrE; sometimes literally so, as the word has implications of relish, enthusiasm, etc.

It has some restrictions; you would not usually use "snog" to describe a kiss between family members, for instance. Also, it tends to be used more by women than by men; and more by younger women. In terms of tone, it tends to have a jocular air.

Best wishes,

MrP

This message has been edited. Last edited by: MrPedantic,

Thanks a lot to you all