french kiss
/frɛntʃˈkɪs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.46 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A kiss in the French style, variously understood as:
noun
A kiss in the French style, variously understood as:
noun
A kiss in the French style, variously understood as:
Example Sentences
- "She showed me the French kiss where you stick your tongue out, but I didn't like it."
- "Simple lip kissing may be extended into a deep kiss (a French kiss or soul kiss, in the college parlance) which may involve more or less extensive tongue contacts."
- "I do not think there would be any harm in sending him a French kiss. It is what no English lawyer can object to, it being only justice to make both sides of the face alike."
- "She had informed the amused seniors that the custom of greeting people with a kiss on each cheek was known as the French kiss."
- "Frenchwomen touch cheeks, first one, then the other, and this touching of cheeks is known in England as the French kiss and has been adopted to a considerable extent in London among society women."
- "French kiss, baiser très appuyé."
Etymology
Originally in reference to a common French greeting. Later, from English and American associations of the French people with sexual boldness (see French), with probable influence from earlier English and continuing European association of the French with oral sex. (See to french.)