osculate

verb

Definition of osculatenext
as in to lip

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for osculate
  1. lip
  2. kiss
  3. smack
  4. smooch
Verb
  • Greg Norman lips his putt on the PGA Championship’s second playoff hole, giving Paul Azinger the title and leaving Norman with an unprecedented career of Grand Slam playoff losses.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Best Nordstrom Anniversary Sale 2024 Makeup Deals Glow up with Hourglass's luminance-boosting blush and highlighter quad, or stick to a classic sultry eye and statement lip with the gorgeous Tom Ford trio below—the choice is yours.
    Sarah Han, Allure, 15 July 2024
Definition of lip
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
  • Last night Prospect Park, smack in the middle of Brooklyn, caught fire.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Director Bruce Goodison applies the tension well in the first two thirds of this efficient Shudder release, but then the plot smacks into a dead-end in its final act.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of smack
Verb
  • Audiences will feel their bodies recoiling, hearing Thomas and Hannah’s smooching sessions punctuated by the actors’ hilariously loud lip-smacking.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 26 July 2024
  • In photos obtained by Yahoo! Lifestyle, Tim was shown smooching his ex-girlfriend on February 1.
    Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 18 Apr. 2024
Definition of smooch
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