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french-kiss

french-kiss is the alternative form of French kiss.

Meaning of French kiss

Verb

French kiss (third-person singular simple present French kisses, present participle French kissing, simple past and past participle French kissed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To give a French kiss, in its various senses.
    • French kiss, baiser très appuyé.1923, Joseph Manchon, Le Slang, page 130
    Synonyms:
    french, snog

See all 4 meanings of French kiss

Verb capitalized: French-kiss

French-kiss (third-person singular simple present French-kisses, present participle French-kissing, simple past and past participle French-kissed)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of French kiss.

Forms of french-kiss

third-person singular presentfrench-kisses
present participlefrench-kissing
past participlefrench-kissed
pastfrench-kissed
third-person singular presentFrench-kisses
present participleFrench-kissing
past participleFrench-kissed
pastFrench-kissed

Questions about french-kiss

What is french-kiss the alternative form of?
French-kiss is the alternative form of French kiss.
What part of speech is french-kiss?
French-kiss is a verb.
What is the past tense of french-kiss?
The past tense of french-kiss is french-kissed.

Words near french-kiss in the dictionary

  1. French-Canadian
  2. French-esque
  3. French-fried
  4. french-fried potato
  5. french-fried potatoes
  6. french-kiss
  7. french-kissed
  8. french-kisses
  9. french-kissing
  10. french-polish
  11. french-polished

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Adapted from Wiktionary: french-kiss (page history and authors); French-kiss (page history and authors); French kiss (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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