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smooches

verb

present tense third-person singular of smooch

as in kisses

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 smooches Swift and Styles set tongues wagging after they were spotted by paparazzi strolling together in November 2012, and things seemed even more heated after they were photographed sharing some New Year’s Eve smooches the following month. — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025

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kisses

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Osment was 29 when her character, Mandy McAllister, first kisses Georgie Cooper, the character played by then-18-year-old Montana Jordan.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Oct. 2026
The impression is of a raucous house party—one in which secrets are spilled, kisses are stolen, and everyone drinks far too much.

— Zing Tsjeng, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026

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