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Definition of Smouch
1. v. t. To kiss closely.
2. v. t. To smutch; to soil; as, to smouch the face.
3. n. A dark soil or stain; a smutch.
Definition of Smouch
1. Noun. A smutch; a stain or smudge. ¹
2. Noun. (American English) A loud kiss, a smooch. ¹
3. Verb. To stain or smudge, to smutch. ¹
4. Verb. (American English) To kiss loudly. ¹
5. Verb. To take dishonestly or unfairly, to steal from or cheat out of. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Smouch
1. to kiss [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: kiss
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smouch
Literary usage of Smouch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"smouch (popular), one who obtains anything by unfair means, a cheat, a Jew.
Vhile I, like de resht of ma ... smouch seems to be allied to the Boer's term ..."
2. 595 Pulpit Pungencies: With a Table of Contents by Henry Ward Beecher (1866)
"... in a moment of intoxication, goes into his studio, takes his brush, dips it
into black paint, and applies it thereto. Only one smouch and the work ..."