snog
[ snog ]
/ snɒg /
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verb (used without object), snogged, snog·ging.British Informal.
to kiss and cuddle.
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Origin of snog
First recorded in 1955–60; origin uncertain
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How to use snog in a sentence
Remember the Christian congressman caught snogging a staffer?
Once you got inside, it was all about snogging, as we called making out.
Pippa Middleton was snapped snogging her new boyfriend stockbroker Nico Jackson after playing a game of tennis in London.
Mike Goldstein tweeted: “Pippa Middleton snogging her boyf aggressively next to me at the bar.”
British Dictionary definitions for snog
snog
/ (snɒɡ) British slang /
verb snogs, snogging or snogged
to kiss and cuddle (someone)
noun
the act of kissing and cuddling
Word Origin for snog
of obscure origin
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