French kiss

American  

[french kis] / ˈfrɛntʃ ˈkɪs /

noun

1. an open-mouthed kiss in which the tongues touch.

   There’s nothing more uncomfortable than watching a movie with your parents and sitting through a big, passionate, sloppy French kiss.

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French kiss British  

noun

1. a kiss involving insertion of the tongue into the partner's mouth

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Other Word Forms

• french-kiss verb (used with or without object)

Etymology

Origin of French kiss

First recorded in 1920–25. The variants deep kiss and soul kiss were first recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

At least, as long as the ghost isn’t advising its hauntees to “go into emergency rooms without a mask and French kiss everybody,” he said.

From New York Times • May 14, 2020

In the same way that a New Yorker will chew you out whether you’ve got five cents or five million dollars in your bank account, the French kiss cuts through social hierarchy.

From New York Times • May 1, 2020

Jason Wu Jason Wu Friday, Feb. 11, Center 548, 548 West 22nd Street “Jason Wu gave American sportswear a French kiss with his sublime collection.”

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2011

Several Prussian officers, seated near her had witnessed the occurrence, and, on noticing how she removed the stain of the French kiss from her hand, could not refrain from bursting into a loud cheer.

From Napoleon and Blucher by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

You observe that the French, kiss, caress, wish each other well, and take off the hat.

From The Barber of Paris by Kock, Charles Paul de