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snog

UK/snɒɡ/US/snɑɡ/

snog verb: to kiss passionately.

Verb

snog (third-person singular simple present snogs, present participle snogging, simple past and past participle snogged)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial) To kiss passionately.
    • This is about stepping up and representing, not snuggling up and snogging. This is serious business.2016 Alya, "Gamer", Miraculous

Noun

snog (plural snogs)

  1. (Australia, UK, colloquial) A passionate kiss.
    • And that was that. Where had I gone wrong? First night: park, fag, snog. Second night: ditto.1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 13

Synonyms of snog

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Forms of snog

Verb
third-person singular presentsnogs
present participlesnogging
past participlesnogged
pastsnogged
Noun
pluralsnogs

Origin of snog

Uncertain. 1945. Possibly related to snug.

Words formed from snog

Words that rhyme with snog

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Questions about snog

What does snog mean?
Snog means to kiss passionately.
What part of speech is snog?
Snog can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce snog?
Snog is pronounced /snɒɡ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of snog?
The past tense of snog is snogged.

Words near snog in the dictionary

  1. snoekers
  2. snoeking
  3. snoezelen
  4. snoff
  5. snoffs
  6. snog
  7. snogaine
  8. snogaines
  9. snogathon
  10. snogathons
  11. snogfest

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