Snog

//snɒɡ// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A passionate kiss. Australia, British, colloquial

    "And that was that. Where had I gone wrong? First night: park, fag, snog. Second night: ditto."

Verb
  1. 1
    To kiss passionately. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial

    "2016 Alya, "Gamer", Miraculous This is about stepping up and representing, not snuggling up and snogging. This is serious business."

  2. 2
    touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc. wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
busskissosculatecaressfrench kissfrench kiss

Example

More examples

""Did you get off with my girlfriend?" "It was just a quick snog on the sofa. It was Christmas. We were drunk. It didn't mean anything.""

Etymology

Uncertain.

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