Kiss

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  • intransitive verb. To touch or caress with the lips as an expression of affection, greeting, respect, or amorousness.
  • intransitive verb. To touch lightly or gently.
  • intransitive verb. To strike lightly; brush against.
  • intransitive verb. To engage in mutual touching or caressing with the lips.
  • intransitive verb. To come into light contact.
  • noun. A caress or touch with the lips.
  • noun. A slight or gentle touch.
  • noun. A small piece of candy, especially of chocolate.
  • noun. A drop cookie made of egg whites and sugar.
  • phrasal verb. To dismiss or reject.
  • phrasal verb. To be forced to give up or regard as lost.
  • phrasal verb. To leave or disappear from notice.
  • phrasal verb. To behave obsequiously; fawn.
  • idiom. (kiss ass) To act submissively or obsequiously in order to gain favor.
  • idiom. (kiss goodbye) To be forced to regard as lost, ruined, or hopeless.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A very slight, glancing touch.
  • noun. A small drop of sealing-wax accidentally let fall upon a letter near the seal.
  • noun. A salute or caress given by smacking with the lips. See kiss, v. t., 1.
  • noun. A confection, usually made of whites of eggs and powdered sugar, mixed, and baked in an oven, A sugar-plum or candied confection made of pulled sugar and variously colored and flavored.
  • noun. plural Same as kiss-me.
  • To smack with the pursed lips (a compression of the closed cavity of the mouth by the cheeks giving a slight sound when the rounded contact of the lips with one another is broken); press one's lips to, or touch with the lips, as a mark of affection or reverence, or as a conventional salutation; salute or caress with the lips: as, to kiss the Bible in taking an oath; to kiss a lady's hand; to kiss one on the cheek; they kissed each other.
  • To touch gently, as if with fondness; impinge upon softly.
  • Hence To touch slightly, as one ball another, in billiards and other games.
  • To salute with the lips mutually, especially as a token of affection, friendship, or respect: as, to kiss and part.
  • To meet with a gentle touch or impact; meet; just come iu contact.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc.
  • transitive verb. To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly.
  • intransitive verb. To make or give salutation with the lips in token of love, respect, etc..
  • intransitive verb. To meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly.
  • intransitive verb. a perfumed sugarplum to sweeten the breath.
  • noun. A salutation with the lips, as a token of affection, respect, etc.
  • noun. A small piece of confectionery.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to express love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting, or as part of sexual activity.
  • verb. To touch lightly or slightly.
  • verb. Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
  • verb. To mark a cross (X) after one's name on a card, etc.
  • noun. A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
  • noun. A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of several bite-sized candies
  • noun. a cookie made of egg whites and sugar
  • verb. touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
  • noun. a light glancing touch
  • verb. touch lightly or gently
  • noun. the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
  • Word Usage
    "Hi helen, *air kiss, air kiss*, you're such a sweetie!"
    Form
    kissed  kissing  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cookie  biscuit  cooky  touch  touching  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bliss  Chris  Cris  Dis  Fliss  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    breath  cry  embrace  gesture  glance  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    3  abandon  accost  address  another  
    verb-form
    kissed  kisses  kissing