making out
Necking on couches
Making out is prolonged kissing, typically with tongue contact and often with groping or other physical intimacy short of sex: We spent the whole movie making out in the back row.
The phrase can also mean managing or faring: How are you making out with the new software?
In some contexts, making out means discerning or understanding: I couldn't make out what she was saying.
Lip-to-lip contact
- neckingKissing and caressing amorously
- smoochingAffectionate lip contact
- pettingAffectionate stroking
- canoodlingAmorous physical affection
snogging · lip-locking · French kissing · tonguing · groping · fondling · caressing · nuzzling
People aged thirteen to nineteen
- high schoolUpper secondary institution
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- pubertySexual development stage
- first baseDiamond's rightfield corner bag
second base · spin the bottle · seven minutes in heaven · prom night · house party · boyfriend · girlfriend · experimentation
Intense emotional drive
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
- attractionPull toward something
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
infatuation · tryst · rendezvous · liaison · courtship · fling · entanglement · amour
Vehicle's rearward passenger area
- hiddenKept out of sight
- concealedMade invisible deliberately
- sneakingMoving to avoid detection
- covertIntentionally concealed
parked car · clandestine · private · secluded · unobserved · closet · stairwell · dark corner
kissing
Lip-to-lip contact
canoodling · snogging · lip-locking · French kissing · tonguing · groping · fondling · caressing · nuzzling · cuddling
teenagers
People aged thirteen to nineteen
- high schoolUpper secondary institution
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- pubertySexual development stage
first base · second base · spin the bottle · seven minutes in heaven · prom night · house party · boyfriend · girlfriend · experimentation · awkwardness
passion
Intense emotional drive
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
- attractionPull toward something
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
seduction · infatuation · tryst · rendezvous · liaison · courtship · fling · entanglement · amour · sparks
backseat
Vehicle's rearward passenger area
parked car · covert · clandestine · private · secluded · unobserved · closet · stairwell · dark corner · empty room
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- innuendoinnuendo, sexual innuendo, double entendre, double meaning, implied meaning
- perceptionsee, vision, seeing, senses, observing
- affectionhug, kiss, care, cuddle, caress
- love expressionsI love you, my love, sweetheart, darling, dear
- retro slanggroovy, the bee's knees, neato, cool cat, hip
making outpeck
Dry measure or quick kiss
quick kiss · air kiss · handshake · hug · no contact
making outrejecting
Refusing to accept
pushing away · keeping distance · cold shoulder · spurning · rebuffing
make, out, maker, making, remake, makes, makings, makers, remakes