smooch1

[smooch] /smutʃ/
verb (used with object), noun
1.
smutch.

smooch2

[smooch] /smutʃ/
verb (used without object)
1.
to kiss.
2.
to pet.
noun
3.
a kiss; smack.
Origin
1580-90; variant of obsolete smouch to kiss < ?; compare dialectal German schmutzen to kiss, smile
Related forms
smoocher, noun
Examples from the web for smooch
  • smooch your cranky old browser one last time, because it's going bye-bye.
  • Get important business matters tended to early in the day so you can smooch tonight.
  • The smooch also was a first of sorts for the handsome and charming kisser.
  • If you played your cards right you could sneak a little smooch from the cutie sitting next to you.
British Dictionary definitions for smooch

smooch

/smuːtʃ/
verb (intransitive)
1.
(of two people) to kiss and cuddle Also (Austral and NZ) smoodge, smooge
2.
(Brit) to dance very slowly and amorously with one's arms around another person, or (of two people) to dance together in such a way
noun
3.
the act of smooching
4.
(Brit) a piece of music played for dancing to slowly and amorously
Word Origin
C20: variant of dialect smouch, of imitative origin
Word Origin and History for smooch
v.

1932, alteration of dialectal verb smouch "to kiss" (1570s), possibly imitative of the sound of kissing (cf. German dialectal schmutzen "to kiss"). An earlier alteration produced smudge (v.) "to kiss, caress" (1844). Related: Smooched; smooching. As a noun by 1942.

Slang definitions & phrases for smooch

smooch

noun

: I'd rather have hooch, and a bit of a smooch

verb
  1. To steal; pilfer; mooch: Then she went over to the cash box and smooched four $20 bills (1941+)
  2. To kiss and caress; neck, pet: College kids are still smooching/ a few minutes of torrid hugging and smooching (1588+)

[the pilfering sense probably derives from the kissing sense by way of mooch; the kissing sense may be fr German schmutzen, ''to kiss, to smile''; the dated instance is spelled smouch; the term was reestablished as smooch in the 1930s]