Many have written:
(more from my reading in the archive)
>> > I think the word is "snogging", but since my Am. English is better then
my
>> > British, you should really check with a native.
>>
>> UK snogging = US petting, AFAIK.
>
>I (UK) think of snogging as mainly done with the mouth & petting
>as mainly done with the hands.
A question for our British or Irish friends: what exactly is/was
"smugging"? It occurs in the early pages of Joyce's Portrait of the Artist
(school days)-- two boys were caught smugging in the public square--
Sounds a little risqué, but probably isn't.