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kiss

1

[kis]

verb (used with object)

  1. to touch or press with the lips slightly pursed, and then often to part them and to emit a smacking sound, in an expression of affection, love, greeting, reverence, etc..

    He kissed his son on the cheek.

  2. to join lips with in this way.

    She kissed him and left.

  3. to touch gently or lightly.

    The breeze kissed her face.

  4. to put, bring, take, etc., by, or as if by, kissing.

    She kissed the baby's tears away.

  5. Billiards, Pool.(of a ball) to make slight contact with or brush (another ball).



verb (used without object)

  1. to join lips in respect, affection, love, passion, etc..

    They kissed passionately.

  2. to express a thought, feeling, etc., by a contact of the lips.

    They kissed goodbye at the station.

  3. to purse and then part the lips, emitting a smacking sound, as in kissing someone.

  4. Billiards, Pool.(of a ball) to carom gently off or touch another ball.

noun

  1. an act or instance of kissing.

  2. a slight touch or contact.

  3. Billiards, Pool.the slight touch of one ball by another.

  4. a baked confection of egg whites and confectioners' sugar, served as a cookie.

  5. a piece of toffeelike confectionery, sometimes containing nuts, coconut, or the like.

  6. a small, sometimes conical, bite-size piece of chocolate, usually individually wrapped.

verb phrase

  1. Slang

    1. to reject, dismiss, or ignore.

      He kissed off their objections with a wave of his hand.

    2. (used to express contemptuous rejection or dismissal).

    3. to give up, renounce, or dispense with.

      Leaving Tulsa meant kissing off a promising job.

KISS

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[kis]

noun

  1. keep it simple, stupid: the principle that a product, service, system, etc., should be easy to learn and use.

kiss

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/ ɪ /

verb

  1. (tr) to touch with the lips or press the lips against as an expression of love, greeting, respect, etc

  2. (intr) to join lips with another person in an act of love or desire

  3. to touch (each other) lightly

    their hands kissed

  4. billiards (of balls) to touch (each other) lightly while moving

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act of kissing; a caress with the lips

  2. a light touch

  3. a small light sweet or cake, such as one made chiefly of egg white and sugar

    coffee kisses

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

KISS

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abbreviation

  1. keep it simple, stupid

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • outkiss verb (used with object)
  • unkissed adjective
  • ˈ쾱 adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kiss1

before 900; Middle English kissen to kiss, Old English cyssan (cognate with German ü, Old Norse kyssa ), derivative of Old English coss a kiss; cognate with Old Norse koss, German ü
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kiss1

Old English cyssan, from coss; compare Old High German kussen, Old Norse kyssa
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. kiss ass, to be obsequious; fawn.

  2. blow / throw a kiss, to indicate an intended kiss from a distance, usually in bidding farewell, by kissing one's own fingertips and moving the hand toward the person greeted.

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Example Sentences

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I didn’t need to taste it to know it would work, especially spooned onto olive oil–kissed sourdough.

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When we arrived at the school, he walked her to the entrance, kissed her, and then watched until she entered the classroom.

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Meanwhile, when Harry invites Lucy up for a nightcap, she kisses him with her eyes open so she can appraise his $12-million loft.

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On that evening of 10 July 2006, the film mogul "lunged" at her from across a couch and kissed her.

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After receiving her World Cup winners medal, Hermoso was kissed by Spain's former football federation boss Luis Rubiales without her consent.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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