Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To kiss and caress amorously.
- intransitive verb To kiss and caress (another) amorously.
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- verb UK, slang To
kiss passionately . - noun A
passionate kiss .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Neither do I 'snog' as that is something that is done by 14 year olds.
Is It Just Me ... Laban 2006
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I left the two to "snog" (thank you Meaghan and Jeniece) and went on home.
thewhat Diary Entry thewhat 2004
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They included a "snog" in Glasgow City Chambers soon after they met and having sex beneath a Che Guevara picture in Sheridan's bedroom.
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Kate did indulge in the rare “snog,” random or not, during her time at Marlborough.
William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011
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Though he looked a little edgy, shifting uneasily from foot to foot when Sky made him do the standing-up-playing-video-games thing, he seemed sensible, knowledgeable, and delivered his wisdom without frills, and at a time when others are opting for amiable novelty acts like Robbie Savage, that is as cheering – this one's for you, Ken – as a long snog in a shop doorway on a winter's night.
Ken Bates and the art of slow seduction cannot help but leave me cold| Martin Kelner 2011
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Kate did indulge in the rare “snog,” random or not, during her time at Marlborough.
William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011
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Would Sarah so readily have stuck her nose in the bathroom, where she might have been more likely to find Dave having a pee than crying out for a consoling snog?
TV Rewind: Single Father; The Pillars of the Earth; Jamie's 30-Minute Meals; Nigella Kitchen; Food: What Goes in Your Basket? Phil Hogan 2010
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Can you imagine a fic where Jack teaches 10 how to snog properly?
Stay on target...stay on target...Spoilers for Doctor Who Special #1 rabid1st 2009
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They want to snog someone they have just met for hours, sitting on benches or, even better, other people's garden walls, occasionally coming up for air and eating chips.
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Up until my mid-twenties, female friends of mine were in exactly the same position as you, with a one-off snog being the closest they'd come to a relationship.
Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing 2009
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