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smooching

smooching is the present participle and gerund of smooch.

Meaning of smooch

Verb

smooch (third-person singular simple present smooches, present participle smooching, simple past and past participle smooched)

  1. (ambitransitive, informal) To kiss.
    • They smooched in the doorway.
  2. (dated, slang, transitive) To steal.
    • Have either of you ever made a couple of quids at once in your puff before—pinching goods from the back of delivery vans and smooching lead off empty houses?1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

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Questions about smooching

What is smooching the present participle and gerund of?
Smooching is the present participle and gerund of smooch.

Words near smooching in the dictionary

  1. smoochier
  2. smoochies
  3. smoochiest
  4. smoochily
  5. smoochiness
  6. smooching
  7. smoochings
  8. smoochsome
  9. smoochy
  10. smoochy-woochy
  11. smoodge

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