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

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

Vampire bats establish friendships by sharing regurgitated blood with their neighbours in a "kind of horrifying French kiss", a new study says.

From BBC

A black girl a year older than me decided one afternoon that she would teach me how to French kiss.

From Salon

If the boy wants to French kiss the dogs, let him French kiss the dogs.

From Los Angeles Times