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Liplock vs Smooch - What's the difference?

liplock | smooch |

As nouns the difference between liplock and smooch

is that liplock is (chiefly|us|informal) a kiss; especially a long, passionate one while smooch is (informal) a kiss.

As a verb smooch is

(informal) to kiss or smooch can be .

liplock

English

Alternative forms

* lip lock * lip-lock

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, US, informal) A kiss; especially a long, passionate one.
  • * 1997 , Bruce Handy, " Roll Over, Ward Cleaver," Time , 14 Apr.,
    • The character is also denied an affirming liplock with her female love interest—a former taboo that was long ago shattered by L.A. Law'', ''Roseanne'' and, earlier this season, ''Relativity (men kissing men, on the other hand, remains, for now, a no-no).
  • * 2007 , Matt Stevens, " E! Reviews: P.S. I Love You," E! Online , 20 Dec. (retrieved 23 Jan. 2008),
    • After lots of talk about "the perfect kiss," their close-up lip-lock is surprisingly boring.

    Related terms

    * lock lips

    Anagrams

    *

    smooch

    English

    Etymology 1

    Perhaps from a dialectal variation of smack. Compare also (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (es)
  • (informal) A kiss.
    • Derived terms
    * smoochies * smoochiness * smoochy

    Verb

    (es)
  • (informal) To kiss.
    • They smooched in the doorway.
    Derived terms
    * smoocher

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (es)
  • * Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper
    • Then she said that the paper stained everything it touched, that she had found yellow smooches on all my clothes and John's, and she wished we would be more careful!