osculating

present participle of osculate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for osculating
Verb
  • In early October, Perry and Trudeau were photographed kissing while aboard the singer's yacht, the Caravelle, off the coast of Santa Barbara.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Then, earlier in October, the couple was seen kissing on a yacht off the coast of Santa Barbara.
    Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the season four premiere of Mayor of Kingstown, co-creators/writers Hugh Dillon and Taylor Sheridan waste no time smacking viewers with a sense of doom and gloom.
    Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The two had a peculiar conversation where Hawkins said Clifton missed smacking her rear end.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Osculating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/osculating. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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