Synonyms

French kiss

American

[french kis] / ˈfrɛntʃ ˈkɪs /

noun

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.

French kiss British

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Derived 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

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