spin the bottle
noun
: a kissing game in which one has as a partner the person a bottle points to when it stops spinning
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Parton's 1980 hit was chosen as Carpenter's nightly surprise cover song in a game of spin the bottle, according to fan footage on social media.
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Jack Irvin, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Walz let Vance get away with Stop the Steal diction and spin the bottle to make censorship and cancel culture Harris’ fault.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
During the spin the bottle challenge, Rob picked Destiny and Daniela as the two hottest islanders to share a three-way kiss with.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2024
Herptathlon: Seven competitors spin the bottle.
—Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2021
At a party, a girl asks him to play spin the bottle.
—Jake Coyle, Star Tribune, 13 Oct. 2020
In the original scene, David Rose (Levy), Alexis Rose (Annie Murphy), and Stevie (Emily Hampshire) play a round of spin the bottle with their significant others, Patrick (Noah Reid) and Ted (Dustin Milligan).
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2020
In the clip, from Season 5 Episode 5 of the show, Levy (who plays David) and Dustin Milligan (Ted) as well as Emily Hampshire (Stevie), Annie Murphy (Alexis) and Noah Reid (Patrick) are seen playing spin the bottle.
—Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2020
Kissing-endurance contests will go the way of flagpole sitting, previously cast into the land of obsoletion, and what about the coming-of-age spin the bottle?
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 26 Apr. 2020
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Jack Irvin, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Walz let Vance get away with Stop the Steal diction and spin the bottle to make censorship and cancel culture Harris’ fault.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
During the spin the bottle challenge, Rob picked Destiny and Daniela as the two hottest islanders to share a three-way kiss with.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2024
Herptathlon: Seven competitors spin the bottle.
—Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2021
At a party, a girl asks him to play spin the bottle.
—Jake Coyle, Star Tribune, 13 Oct. 2020
In the original scene, David Rose (Levy), Alexis Rose (Annie Murphy), and Stevie (Emily Hampshire) play a round of spin the bottle with their significant others, Patrick (Noah Reid) and Ted (Dustin Milligan).
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2020
In the clip, from Season 5 Episode 5 of the show, Levy (who plays David) and Dustin Milligan (Ted) as well as Emily Hampshire (Stevie), Annie Murphy (Alexis) and Noah Reid (Patrick) are seen playing spin the bottle.
—Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2020
Kissing-endurance contests will go the way of flagpole sitting, previously cast into the land of obsoletion, and what about the coming-of-age spin the bottle?
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 26 Apr. 2020
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