snog
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
noun
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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snogsimple
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snogssimple
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have snoggedperfect
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has snoggedperfect
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am snoggingprogressive
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are snoggingprogressive
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is snoggingprogressive
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have been snoggingperfect progressive
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has been snoggingperfect progressive
Past
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snoggedsimple
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had snoggedperfect
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was snoggingprogressive
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were snoggingprogressive
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had been snoggingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of snog
First recorded in 1955–60; origin uncertain
Explanation
To snog is to kiss. A teenage couple might snog throughout an entire two hour movie. The verb snog is British slang for kiss, cuddle, or make out. It's a word that is more and more common in American English as well, as a casual way to talk about kissing. It can be painful for kids to watch their parents snog, and many of them don't want to see people snog in movies either. The word has been around since about 1945, though its origin is unknown.
Example Sentences
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This is a love story: During the spring of 2008, long before they produced evidence of humanity’s first recorded kiss, Sophie Lund Rasmussen and Troels Pank Arboll clasped lips in their first good-night snog.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
It's a long-running joke that dates back to Mr Cleverly's answer to a "snog, marry avoid" question on BBC Radio 5 live's Pienaar's Politics.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2018
GMT21:02 Ariana Grande looking like donuts wouldn’t melt Photograph: Handout/Getty Images J-Lo is here to reset the mood after that snog.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2015
The snog and the Star Wars debacle were utter nonsense that should have been scraped at the rough draft stage though.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2015
He went on, "And you consate that all these steans be aboon folk that be haped here, snod an' snog?"
From Dracula by Stoker, Bram
For British contestants, likely weaned on the screaming matches and snogs of “Big Brother” and “The Only Way Is Essex,” the precedent is to be sassier, unbridled, more candid.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 10, 2019
To me, Incubus will always be posters on my bedroom wall, stealing snogs with guys who had goatees like wire scourers and singing Drive in school assembly.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 25, 2017
But that moment was still powerful, although in fact, it was just the same as most kisses in Doctor Who – transfers of energy rather than random snogs.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2014
Photograph: John Shearer/Invision/AP # Anne Hathaway snogs her Oscar for best supporting actress.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 25, 2013
Now Kristen has not only lost Pattinson, she's been damned as a home-wrecker, just for a couple of silly snogs.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2012
They cried, they snogged, they traded “I love yous,” and then they never saw each other again — until last night, when the show trotted Peter out onstage to submit to its ritualistic relationship post-mortem.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2017
There aren't many people who can say they've been snogged by a hummingbird!
From The Guardian ● Feb. 15, 2013
“And Hermione snogged Viktor Krum, it’s only you who acts like it’s something disgusting, Ron, and that’s because you’ve got about as much experience as a twelve-year-old!”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Work and Pensions Secretary Ms Coffey said people should enjoy Christmas but: "I don't think there should be much snogging under the mistletoe".
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2021
On Sunday Breathed posted a photo from Comic Con of Harrison Ford snogging Bill the Cat and joking, “Our pal J.J.Abrams cast him — against type, I think — as Sith Princess BoobalooACKTHBBFT.”
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2015
Don't waste it listening to, or snogging, Ke$ha.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 24, 2012
Burke exactly nails the tone and the priorities of teenage girls; chiefly boys, snogging, local loons and terrifying teachers.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2012
The idea of any boy snogging my sister makes me grab the vomit bucket but quite a few sixth formers fancy her.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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