osculate

Meanings

Verb

be intermediate between two taxonomic groups
- "These species osculate"
have at least three points in common with
- "one curve osculates the other"
- "these two surfaces osculate"
touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
To kiss.
To touch so as to have the same tangent and curvature at the point of contact.
To make contact.
To perform osculation.
To form a connecting link between two genera.

Adj

Relating to kissing.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin ōsculāt-, past participial stem of ōsculor (“to kiss”), from ōsculum (“kiss”) + -or (verbal suffix), from ōs (“mouth”) + -culus (diminutive suffix). Doublet of oscillate.

Synonyms

buss, kiss, osculatory, snog

Scrabble Score: 10

osculate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 13

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