tonsil hockey

Deep, prolonged smooching

Tonsil hockey is slang for passionate kissing, especially the kind involving tongues.

The term humorously likens deep kissing to a sport, with the tonsils serving as goals and the tongues as hockey sticks.

It's informal and slightly juvenile, often used to describe making out: We caught them playing tonsil hockey in the back of the car.

Related

necking · swapping spit · sucking face · mouth-to-mouth · kissathon · heavy petting · French kiss · locking lips · lip-lock · passion · seven minutes in heaven · tongue · lips · dating · mouth · puckering up · colloquialism · vernacular

Opposites
intimacy of physical contact

tonsil hockeypeck

Dry measure or quick kiss

air kiss · quick kiss · cheek kiss · handshake · forehead kiss

romantic/sexual engagement

tonsil hockeyabstinence

Voluntary forgoing of indulgences

celibacy · cold shoulder · rejection · avoidance · frigidity

Family

tonsil, tonsils, tonsillar, tonsillitis, tonsillectomy, hockey

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13