1. to kiss
Usage: formal; humorous
2. to touch at a single point
Usage: mathematics; geometry

Examples

• The young couple decided to osculate under the mistletoe.
• He leaned over to osculate her cheek goodbye.
• In geometry, two circles can osculate at exactly one point.
• The professor explained how the curves osculate at their intersection.
• The comedian joked about wanting to osculate his favorite celebrity.
• The mathematical curves osculate where they share a common tangent.