Osculate

//ˈɒskjʊˌleɪt//

Synonyms for "osculate" (32 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (7)

kiss blow a kiss brush brush by bus buss

Verb(1 words)

buss

Strong matches (9)

caress come in contact contact glance graze hit impinge lip

Verb(1 words)

kiss

Related words (16)

Verb(3 words)

make out neck snog

nudge peck rub scrape shave sideswipe skim skirt smack smooch squeak by touch

Adjective(1 words)

osculatory

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

7 entries

connect join link link up share touch unite

Synonyms

1 entries

kiss

Related terms

1 entries

osculation

derived

6 entries

hyperosculate inosculate interosculate osculating osculator osculatory

has context

3 entries

arithmetic mathematics vedic

manner of

2 entries

be share

related to

5 entries

contact genus kiss osculation tangent

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

And in the Olmsted Hotel in Cleveland he surprised a porter and a maid lasciviously osculating in a stairwell.

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