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SMOUCH
Etymology
Noun
smouch (plural smouches)
A smutch; a stain or smudge.
(US) A loud kiss, a smooch.
Verb
smouch (third-person singular simple present smouches, present participle smouching, simple past and past participle smouched)
To stain or smudge, to smutch.
(US) To kiss loudly or closely.
To take dishonestly or unfairly, to steal from or cheat out of.
Anagrams
• hocums, so much
Source: Wiktionary
Smouch, v. t. Etym: [Akin to smack.]
Definition: To kiss closely. [Obs.] P. Stubbes.
Smouch, v. t. Etym: [See Smutch.]
Definition: To smutch; to soil; as, to smouch the face.
Smouch, n.
Definition: A dark soil or stain; a smutch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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