Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smooch

/smut͡ʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables: smooch
IPA: /smut͡ʃ/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kiss, especially that which is on the cheek.

Informal

noun

Someone who easily agrees to give oral sex.

Derogatory; Slang

verb

To kiss.

Informal

verb

Dated; Slang; Transitive verb

noun

Alternative form of smutch.

verb

Alternative form of smutch.

Example Sentences

"Ideally with exercise at 6am and then schmooches with my daughter Olympia. If I’m lucky I squeeze in a breakfast at Orphans Kitchen with some of my favourite people, and then off to work I go!"
"And tell Nay-Nay come shake up the room Lil Gotti call thotty, that bitch is a smooch (That bitch is a smoochie)"
"They smooched in the doorway."
"[…] [Britney] Spears and NSYNCer Justin Timberlake smooching."
""Hm. I guess I did agree to go along with whatever her conditions were..." "We smooched on it. No backsies.""
"Have either of you ever made a couple of quids at once in your puff before—pinching goods from the back of delivery vans and smooching lead off empty houses?"

Etymology

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

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /smut͡ʃ/
British English: /smuːt͡ʃ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

smooches (plural) smouch (alternative) smooches (present, singular) smooching (participle, present) smooched (participle, past) smooched (past)

Derived Forms

smoochfest smoochie smoochiness smoochsome smoochy besmooch smoocher

Synonyms

munch smack spoon

Rhymes With

brooch pooch gooch hooch bueche couch lodz mooch cooch baluch scooch booch

Questions

How do you pronounce smooch?: The recorded pronunciation is /smut͡ʃ/.
What does smooch mean?: A kiss, especially that which is on the cheek.
Where does smooch come from?: Perhaps from a dialectal variation of smack. Compare also Low German smok (“a kiss, a smouch/smooch”), Alemannic German Schmutz, Schmützle (“a kiss, a smooch”).

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