snog

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English

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Etymology

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Uncertain.

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Verb

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snog (third-person singular simple present snogs, present participle snogging, simple past and past participle snogged)

  1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) To kiss passionately.
    Synonyms: make out, (Australia) pash; see also Thesaurus:kiss
    • 2016 Alya, "Gamer", Miraculous
      This is about stepping up and representing, not snuggling up and snogging. This is serious business.

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Noun

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snog (plural snogs)

  1. (British, Australia, colloquial) A passionate kiss.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From the Old Norse snókr (a snake) or snákr (only in poetry; a snake), from Proto-Germanic *snakô; cognates include the Swedish and Norwegian snok, Icelandic snákur (a snake), English snake.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /snoːɡ/, [snoːˀ]

Noun

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snog c (singular definite snogen, plural indefinite snoge)

  1. grass snake (Natrix natrix)

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Adjective

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snog (comparative snoige)

  1. nice, pretty
    A bheil thu gu snog?Are you doing alright?

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
snog shnog
after "an", t-snog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.