Smooch: alternatives and connections

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Smooch

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Buss 76% connected

A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Kiss 76% connected

To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc.

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Neck 76% connected

The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Osculation 76% connected

The act of kissing; a kiss.

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Smack 92% connected

A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spoon 92% connected

See Spoom.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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