snog

English

Etymology

Possibly from the same roots as snug (“to lie close”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /snɒɡ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Verb

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

  1. (Britain, slang) To kiss passionately.
    • 2016 Alya, "Gamer", Miraculous
      This is about stepping up and representing, not snuggling up and snogging. This is serious business.

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Translations

Noun

snog (plural snogs)

  1. (Britain, slang) A passionate kiss.
    Kevin finally got to snog his girlfriend and fool around once his roommates went to bed.

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Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /snoːɡ/, [snoːˀ]

Noun

snog c (singular definite snogen, plural indefinite snoge)

  1. grass snake (Natrix natrix)

Declension
Declension of snog
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative snog snogen snoge snogene
genitive snogs snogens snoges snogenes

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sn̪ˠok/

Adjective

snog (comparative snoige)

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

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