as in kissed
to touch one another with the lips as a sign of love
a couple smooching in a dark corner
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Recent Examples of smooched
At the rainy London premiere of Kidman's 2014 film Paddington, the two smooched on the red carpet.
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Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smooched
kissed
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The pair danced around each other all season, and nearly kissed in the finale.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Oct. 2025
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In 2020, an anonymous woman claimed Jones kissed and groped her without consent at an afterparty for a Cowboys game against the New York Giants in 2018.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Smooched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smooched. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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