French kiss
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3.3
- noun
- /frɛntʃ kɪs/
- NSFW
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beso francés
- My first French kiss was in 5th grade; good old spin the bottle.
- call a French kiss
- know how to French kiss
Examples
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I've never given a French kiss before.
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Are you going to French kiss when you go to Paris?
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Let me show you how to French kiss.
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Let's have a French kiss.
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Nice, wet French kiss now.
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Can you French kiss?
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That's a French kiss.
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That's a French kiss.
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She was nervous about her first French kiss at the school dance.
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They shared a romantic French kiss under the stars on their date.
Synonyms
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8.4
To kiss someone with your tongue
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4.1
A long open-mouthed kiss where people touch tongues
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7.8
An open-mouthed touch of lips and tongue to show strong feeling
Kissing someone using the tongue in a passionate way
A long passionate kiss shared in public
How Intimate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Although 'kiss' is transparent, the adjective 'French' does not logically indicate open-mouthed or tongue-based contact; the specific meaning is a conventionalized cultural label for a particular kissing style. A B1 learner who only knows 'French' (relating to France) and 'kiss' would not reliably infer the tongue insertion feature without prior exposure, so the expression is idiomatic rather than compositional.
Etymology
The expression French kiss may come from the old idea that the French were more romantic and used a deep kiss with the tongue. So today French kiss means 'an open-mouthed kiss with the tongue'.