French-kiss

verb

Definition of French-kissnext
as in to kiss

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for French-kiss
  1. kiss
  2. lip
  3. smack
  4. smooch
Verb
  • Busch and his team would love to pose for more pictures kissing the bricks at IMS following Sunday’s race.
    Clifton Brown, Indianapolis Star, 17 July 2017
  • The trainer turns and kisses one of the man-eaters on the nose.
    Holly Millea, Smithsonian, 29 June 2017
Definition of kiss
Verb
  • Swift is often closely watched at games, with people filming her every move, attempting to lip read her conversations and even noticing when her jewellery slips off.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Kim faced her own ups and downs, twice lipping out putts on her back nine to finish with a 74.
    Mark Anderson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
Definition of lip
Verb
  • Reality has a way of smacking you hard in the face.
    Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
  • What hits on TikTok is a legible, irresistible hook — or, in other words, the kind of content that smacks you in the face with its obviousness.
    Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of smack
Verb
  • The singer, 29, and actor, 34, appeared to lock lips at midnight, as the two can be seen smooching in the background of a photo in a celebratory New Year's Eve Instagram carousel posted by Lipa on Friday, Jan. 3.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Babygirl is a significant step above the latest crop of cross-generational Netflix romances, like Lonely Planet (Laura Dern smooches Liam Hemsworth) or A Family Affair (Kidman again, paired up with Zac Efron).
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of smooch
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