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smooch

1  [smooch]
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–verb (used with object), noun
smutch.

smooch

2  [smooch] Informal.
–verb (used without object)
1. to kiss.
2. to pet.
–noun
3. a kiss; smack.
Origin:
1580–90; var. of obs. smouch to kiss < ?; cf. dial. G schmutzen to kiss, smile

Related forms:
smoocher, noun

smutch

  [smuhch]
–verb (used with object)
1. to smudge or soil.
–noun
2. a smudge or stain.
3. dirt, grime, or smut.
Also, smooch.

Origin:
1520–30; perh. < MHG smutzen to smear; cf. G Schmutz smut

Related forms:
smutchless, adjective
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smooch   (smōōch)   
n.  A kiss.
intr.v.   smooched, smooch·ing, smooch·es
To kiss.

[Alteration of English dialectal smouch, perhaps imitative of the sound of a kiss.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Smooch

Smooch\, v. t. See Smutch.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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smooch 
1932 (v.); 1942 (n.), alteration of dialectal verb smouch (1578), possibly imitative of the sound of kissing (cf. Ger. dial. schmutzen "to kiss").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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