English Explanatory Dictionary

kiss

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.
  2. To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.
  3. Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
  4. To treat with fondness.
noun
  1. A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
  2. An 'X' mark placed at the end of a letter or other type of message, signifying the bestowal of a kiss from the sender to the receiver.
  3. A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses.
  4. The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth; conjunction.
  5. A low-speed mid-air collision between the envelopes of two hot air balloons, generally causing no damage or injury.
verb
  1. Acronym of keep it simple, stupid.
name
  1. A surname from Hungarian.

Pronunciation

kĭs /kɪs/ [kʰɪs] en-us-kiss.ogg

Word forms

kiss kisses kissing kissed kist

Etymology

From Middle English kissen, kussen, from Old English cyssan (“to kiss”), from Proto-West Germanic *kussijan, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną (“to kiss”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian küsje, Dutch kussen, German Low German küssen, German küssen, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål kysse, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish kyssa. Compare Proto-Indo-European *ku-, *kus- (probably imitative), with byspels including Ancient Greek κύσσω (kússō), poetic form of κύσω (kúsō, “to kiss”), and Hittite [script needed] (kuwassanzi, “they kiss”).

Synonyms

buss goozer lallygag lips lock lips osculate pash play tonsil hockey snog suck face swap spit kiss smooch lip clap osculation sugar Yankee dime

Related words

x xo xoxo xoxoxo xxx 💏 💋 first base Eskimo kiss kissing booth mwah SWAK SWALK kissathon kissfest smoochfest snogfest kiss chase spin the bottle short and sweet

Derived words

bekiss catch and kiss devil is kissing his wife do you kiss your mother with that mouth I'd like to kiss you Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me kissability kissable kiss and cry kiss and fly kiss and make up kiss and ride kiss and tell kiss arse kissass kiss chasey kissee kisser kiss goodbye kiss-her-in-the-buttery kissing kissle kiss me kiss-me-at-the-gate kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate kiss-me-quick kiss my ass kiss my arse kiss my balls kiss 'n' ride kiss one's ass goodbye kiss one's teeth kiss out kissper kiss someone on the dick kiss someone's arse kiss someone's ass kiss someone's hem kiss someone's ring kiss the book kiss the dust kiss the ground someone walks on kiss the gunner's daughter kiss the hem of someone's garment kiss the ring kiss the rod kiss up kiss up to kissy kiss your sister outkiss shaking hands and kissing babies simple as kiss your hand sunkissed unkiss unkissed you kiss your father with that mouth you kiss your girlfriend with that mouth you kiss your grandfather with that mouth you kiss your grandmother with that mouth
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