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kiss, cuddle or torture

kiss, cuddle or torture noun: a form of the game of kiss chase.

Noun

kiss, cuddle or torture (uncountable)

  1. A form of the game of kiss chase.
    • They practised for these by playing games, such as 'keeping house', and 'kiss, cuddle or torture'.2005, John Beech, The Individual and Community Life, page 61
    • It has four bedrooms, a study, a massive dining kitchen, which, according to the estate agent, was its unique selling point, and it looks out across a grassy field where all the local children play 'kiss, cuddle or torture', if the youth of today still plays games like that.2008, Lorna Martin, Woman On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown

Examples of kiss, cuddle or torture in a sentence

  • One game was called Kiss, Cuddle or Torture.2011, Carol McKay, Eileen Munro, As I Lay Me Down to Sleep:
  • 'I haven't had this much fun since I used to play kiss, cuddle or torture in primary school.'2013, Sue Haasler, Better Than the Real Thing:

Questions about kiss, cuddle or torture

What does kiss, cuddle or torture mean?
Kiss, cuddle or torture means a form of the game of kiss chase.
How do you use kiss, cuddle or torture in a sentence?
One game was called Kiss, Cuddle or Torture.
What part of speech is kiss, cuddle or torture?
Kiss, cuddle or torture is a noun.

Words near kiss, cuddle or torture in the dictionary

  1. kiss up
  2. kiss up to
  3. kiss up, kick down
  4. kiss your sister
  5. kiss'd
  6. kiss, cuddle or torture
  7. kiss-and-tell
  8. kiss-ass
  9. kiss-asses
  10. kiss-curl
  11. kiss-curls

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