French kisses

Deep passionate pecks

French kisses are kisses involving tongue contact between partners—the tongue enters the other person's mouth.

The term suggests romantic or sexual intimacy beyond a simple peck.

As a verb, to French kiss is to kiss this way: They French kissed in the back of the theater.

Also called making out when prolonged.

Related

embrace · tongue · caress · loves · passion · affection · sensuality · lip-lock · first base · seven minutes in heaven · spin the bottle · desire · tenderness · lips · Rodin · romance · canoodle · saliva

Opposites
intensity/intimacy of kiss

French kissespeck

Dry measure or quick kiss

air kiss · cheek kiss · forehead kiss · butterfly kiss · Eskimo kiss

romantic/sexual escalation

French kissespeck

Dry measure or quick kiss

greeting kiss · farewell kiss

romantic/sexual expressiveness

French kisseshandshake

Mutual palm-gripping gesture

wave · nod · formal greeting · curtsy · bow

Family

French, kiss, kisses, kissed, kissing, kisser, kissable, Frenchman, Frenchwoman

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13