different between snog vs shog

English

Etymology

Possibly from the same roots as snug (“to lie close”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sn??/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

snog (third-person singular simple present snogs, present participle snogging, simple past and past participle snogged)

1. (Britain, slang) To kiss passionately.
   • 2016 Alya, "Gamer", Miraculous

     This is about stepping up and representing, not snuggling up and snogging. This is serious business.

Synonyms

• make out (America)
• pash (Australia)

Translations

Noun

snog (plural snogs)

1. (Britain, slang) A passionate kiss.

Translations

Anagrams

• NGOs, NGSO, Ngos, Song, gons, nogs, song

Danish

Etymology

From the Old Norse snókr (“a snake”) or snákr (“only in poetry; a snake”), from Proto-Germanic *snakô; cognates include the Swedish and Norwegian snok, Icelandic snákur (“a snake”), English snake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sno??/, [sno??]

Noun

snog c (singular definite snogen, plural indefinite snoge)

1. grass snake (Natrix natrix)

Declension

References

• “snog” in Den Danske Ordbog

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sn??ok/

Adjective

snog (comparative snoige)

1. nice, pretty

Mutation

English

Etymology

From Middle English schoggen (“to shake up and down, jog”), possibly from Middle Dutch schocken (“to jolt, bounce”) or Middle Low German schoggen, schucken (“to shog”); all from Proto-Germanic *skukk?n? (“to move, shake, tremble”). More at shock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???/

Noun

shog (plural shogs)

1. (archaic) jolt, shake (brisk movement)

Verb

shog (third-person singular simple present shogs, present participle shogging, simple past and past participle shogged)

1. (archaic, transitive, intransitive) to jolt or shake
2. (archaic, frequently followed by off) to depart; to go.
   • 1623, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act II, Scene 3:

     Shall we shog? The king will be gone from Southampton.

   • 2007, John Cowper Powys, Porius:

     Porius's mind was divided between his excited interest in the emperor's famous counsellor and his fear lest in the growing darkness his foster-brother might shog off altogether.

Anagrams

• GOHs, GSOH, GoHs, Gohs, gosh, gsoh, hogs