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smooch

UK/smuːt͡ʃ/US/smut͡ʃ/
nounB2Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,812 of 15,258mostly spoken

Other forms: smooches

A smooch is a long affectionate kiss. Have a smooch, a smooch on the sofa, smooching in the corner.

It is informal and warm rather than passionate, and it also means dancing slowly and closely, which is a specifically British use. The word is imitative and is probably a relative of smack, which is the sound of a brisker kiss.

Definitions of smooch

  1. 1nounsmoochA long affectionate kiss.B2

    “The couple had a quick smooch at the bus stop before saying goodbye.”

smooch is a kiss.

Where it comes from

Probably a dialect variant of smack, imitating the sound of a kiss.

Perhaps from a dialectal variation of smack. Compare also Low German smok (“a kiss, a smouch/smooch”), gsw Schmutz, Schmützle (“a kiss, a smooch”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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