SNOG (snogged, snogging)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: snogged    , snogging   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does snog mean? 

• SNOG (verb)
  The verb SNOG has 1 sense:

1. touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.

  Familiarity information: SNOG used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNOG (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

buss; kiss; osculate; snog

Context example:

She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room

Hypernyms (to "snog" is one way to...):

touch (make physical contact with, come in contact with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "snog"):

peck; smack (kiss lightly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

snogging ((British informal) cuddle and kiss)

 Context examples 

He went on: "And you consate that all these steans be aboon folk that be happed here, snod an' snog?" I assented again.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)