smoodge
verb
[ smuːdʒ ]
• behave in an ingratiating manner.
• "he used to hang around here smoodging to Mum"
smoodge
noun
• affectionate flattery.
• "what's wrong with a bit of smoodge between friends?"
Origin:
early 20th century: probably an alteration of dialect smouch ‘kiss, sidle up to’.
