Kiss Definition
kĭs
kissed, kisses, kissing
verb
kissed, kisses, kissing
To give a kiss to one another on the lips.
Webster's New World
To give a kiss to (a person or thing); touch or caress with the lips.
Webster's New World
To touch lightly or gently.
The bowling ball just kissed the pin.
Webster's New World
To touch one another lightly.
Webster's New World
To engage in mutual touching or caressing with the lips.
American Heritage
noun
A touch or caress with the lips, often with some pressure and suction, as an act of affection, desire, greeting, etc.
Webster's New World
A light, gentle touch or slight contact.
Webster's New World
Any of various candies.
Webster's New World
A baked confection of egg white and sugar.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- smacker
- smack
- smooch
- peck
- osculation
- buss
- candy kiss
- pax (kiss of peace)
- pax
- salutation
- soul-kiss
- caress
- butterfly kiss
- touch of the lips
- endearment
idiom
kiss ass
- To act submissively or obsequiously in order to gain favor.
American Heritage
kiss goodbye
- To be forced to regard as lost, ruined, or hopeless:
She can kiss her vacation plans goodbye.
American Heritage
kiss ass
- to be obsequious or fawning, as to gain an advantage or approval
Webster's New World
kiss goodbye
- to kiss in taking leave
- to give up all hope of getting, recovering, realizing, etc.
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kiss off
- to dismiss rudely or contemptuously
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Kiss
Origin of Kiss
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From Old English cyssan, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną, cognates include Danish kysse, Dutch kussen, German küssen, Icelandic kyssa and Swedish kyssa. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ku, *kus (probably imitative), with cognates including Ancient Greek κύσσω (kusso), poetic form of κύσω (kuso, “to kiss”), and Hittite kuwassanzi (“they kiss”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English kissen from Old English cyssan
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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