kissingn.

/ˈkɪsɪŋ/

Etymology: < kiss v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of kiss v.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [noun] > action of kissing

kissinga1300

bassing1546

lip-labour1582

bussing1583

smouching1583

slavering1607

lip-work1631

suaviation1656

deosculation1658

osculation1658

bussa1721

basiation1879

kissage1886

mugging1890

oscularity1926

snogging1945

smash-mouth1965

a1300 Floriz & Bl. 513 Here kessinge ileste amile And þat hem þuȝte litel while.

a1350 in K. Böddeker Altengl. Dichtungen (1878) 200 Þin heued doun boweþ to suete cussinge.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. evii Gostly embracinges, clyppinges, kissynges.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2931 Acoyntyng hom with kissyng & clippyng in Armes.

1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse v. 92 Kissing goes by favour; he likes you best.

a1714 Bp G. Burnet Hist. Reformation (1820) III. 101 So many bowings, crossings, and kissings of the altar.

1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 82 Kissing in the East was a token of Divine honour, whether to an idol or to God.

b. (when) the kissing had (or has) to stop: (when) the ‘honeymoon’ period finished (or finishes); (when) one is forced to recognize harsh realities.

ΚΠ

1855 R. Browning Toccata of Galuppi's xiv, in Men & Women I. 61 What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?

1960 C. Fitz Gibbon (title) When the kissing had to stop.

1965 Guardian 20 Aug. 12/3 In the past 15 years more than 190,000 adult Jamaicans have come to settle in this country... Now the kissing has to stop.

1973 Times 28 Dec. 8/3 If left wing extremists continue to exploit..grievances..we should not have to wait long for the emergence of extremists of the right... It is then a few short steps to the place where the kissing has to stop.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

kissing scene n.

ΚΠ

a1735 J. Arbuthnot John Bull iii. xx. in Misc. Wks. (1751) II. 89 The Kissing-Scene being at an End.

kissing-stuff n.

ΚΠ

1690 J. Crowne Eng. Frier iii. 30 Fy Sir: you are a Priest, you have no kissing-stuff about you.

C2.

kissing-ball n.

ΚΠ

1970 Canad. Antiques Collector Dec. 10/1 A kissing ball, consisting of evergreen, wrapped round a cluster of apples, provides the ‘mistletoe’.

kissing-bee n. U.S. an evening ‘mixed party’.

ΚΠ

1853 Turnover: Tale of N. Hampshire 6 [He was about] to shave and dress for a ‘party’ or ‘kissing-bee’.

kissing-bough n.

ΚΠ

1956 B. Chute Greenwillow viii. 91 In some houses..kissing-boughs hung over doorways.

1969 E. Wilkins Rose-garden Game viii. 191 The old English Christmas globe, called a kissing-bough, which was made up of three interlocking hoops of greenery, hung from the ceiling and lit up with candles.

kissing-bunch n.

ΚΠ

1857 T. Wright Dict. Obs. & Provincial Eng. II. 614/2 Kissing-bunch, a bush of evergreens sometimes substituted for mistletoe at Christmas.

1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers vi. 116 It [sc. the kitchen] was small and curious to her, with its glittering kissing-bunch.

kissing-bush n. a Christmas wreath or ball of evergreens, frequently arranged with fruit and ribbons, which is hung from the ceiling and under which a kiss may be taken.

ΚΠ

1859 C. W. Wilson Mapping Frontier (1970) i. 77 It will be a hard matter if we cannot get something wherewith to drink success to the ‘kissing bush’.

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Kissing-bush, a bunch of evergreens or mistletoe garnished with ribands and fruit, which is hung in the kitchen, or hall, at Christmas-tide.

† kissing cause n. Obsolete (apparently) = kissing-comfit n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > aromatic confection

pigmentary1474

kissing-comfita1616

kissing cause1620

1620 Swetnam Arraigned (1880) 12 Their very breath Is sophisticated with Amber-pellets, and kissing causes.

† kissing-comfit n. Obsolete a perfumed comfit for sweetening the breath.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > aromatic confection

pigmentary1474

kissing-comfita1616

kissing cause1620

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 20 Let it..haile-kissing Comfits, and snow Eringoes.

1660 R. May Accomplisht Cook 257 To make Muskedines, called Rising Comfits or Kissing Comfits.

kissing dance n. = cushion-dance n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > round dance > [noun] > specific

rayc1450

Sellenger's round1567

miller's round1579

roundelay1589

cushion-dance1607

prinkum-prankuma1635

roundabout1766

pillow dance1811

batuque1820

walkround1861

hora1878

kissing dance1899

maxixe1909

garba1920

raas garba1935

1899 Daily News 14 Sept. 7/1 There was the famous kissing dance, ‘Joan Saunderson’.

kissing-gate n. a small gate swinging in a U- or V-shaped enclosure, so as to allow only one person to pass at a time.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > gate allowing one person through at a time

turn-wicket1816

kissing-gate1875

1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Cuckoo Gate,..called in Hampshire a kissing-gate.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Kissing-gate..It is only made to open far enough for one person to pass at a time.

1896 Westm. Gaz. 7 Nov. 7/1 The disappearance of the last of the kissing-gates on Parliament Hill.

† kissing-strings n. Obsolete (plural) a woman's bonnet- or cap-strings tied under the chin with the ends hanging loose.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > strap or tie-string

string1564

stay1601

chin-stay1699

kissing-strings1705

throatlatch1727

bonnet1817

brides1829

hat guard1839

chin-strap1864

1705 London Ladies Dressing-room Behind her back the streamers fly, And kissing-strings hang dangling by.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 174 The old-fashioned terms of manteaus, sacques, kissing-strings, and so forth, would convey but little information even to the milliners of the present day.

kissing time n. the time to kiss, frequently used as a jocular reply to children who ask the time.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > particular time > [noun] > the time or time of day > specific times of day

nooneOE

undernc1122

ninec1425

one1435

three o'clockc1460

twelve?1482

twelve hours?a1513

four o'clock?1578

six o'clock1693

quarter1871

kissing time1875

1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk v. ii. 245 When the leading fiddler pushes his fourth finger far up his first string..this is ‘kissing time’; and, after an attempt more or less successful on the part of each male dancer to kiss his partner's cheek, at it they go!

1916 F. Norton (title of song) Any time is kissing time.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiii. [Nausicaa] 345 Edy asked her the time and Miss Cissy..said it was half past kissing time, time to kiss again.

1935 T. S. Eliot Murder in Cathedral i. 25 If you will remember me, my Lord, at your prayers, I'll remember you at kissing-time below the stairs.

1947 W. de la Mare Coll. Stories for Children 165 Nobody ever wasted any time (except kissing-time).

1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xii. 247 It is kissing time after four o'clock. If the girls trip you up they say you have got to kiss them after four o'clock.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

kissingadj.

Etymology: < kiss v. + -ing suffix².

That kisses: see the verb.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [adjective] > that kisses

kissing1600

osculant1850

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 141 Thy lippes, those kissing cherries.

1784 W. Cowper Let. 29 Mar. (1981) II. A most loving, kissing, kind-hearted gentleman.

1864 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 132 In the wood we met just one kissing shower.

Compounds

kissing bug n. U.S. a blood-sucking bug of the family Reduviidæ.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Heteroptera > member of family Reduviidae

reduviid1888

assassin bug1890

kissing bug1899

1899 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 33 Several persons suffering from swollen faces visited the Emergency Hospital in Washington and complained that they had been bitten by some insect while asleep... Thus began the ‘kissing bug’ scare.

1904 N.Y. Evening Post 4 Aug. 1 The doctors were unable to decide whether he had been bitten by a mosquito or a kissing bug.

1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. s.v. The name kissing-bug originated in the newspapers in June, 1899, many persons being bitten that summer and often on the lip.

1932 C. L. Metcalf & W. P. Flint Fund. Insect Life viii. 222 Family Reduviidæ. The Assassin or Kissing Bugs.—This is a very large family of mostly flattened, oval bugs... The assassin bugs catch small insects and suck their blood as food. Some species, when handled, inflict painful bites on man.

1973 L. E. Chadwick tr. W. Linsenmaier Insects of World 120/1 The bite of many reduviids is very painful, even to man; in warm countries certain species even enter homes on occasion at night and suck the blood of people. In North America this may be done by the black ‘kissing bug’ (Melanolestes picipes). About 0·6 inch long, this bug prefers to bite the face, especially in the region of the mouth.

1974 A. Dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek xiii. 232 The cone-nose bug, or kissing bug, bites the lips of sleeping people, sucking blood and injecting an excruciating toxin.

kissing cousin n. a relative or friend with whom one is on close enough terms to greet with a kiss; also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > person on terms of cousinship

cater-cousinc1547

quater-cousin1656

kissing cousin1951

1951 in H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (1960) 306/2 You guys talk like kissing cousins.

1961 John o' London's 20 Apr. 436/3 Marianne Spottiswoode, who is also a kissing cousin of the publishing Spottiswoodes.

1961 Economist 18 Nov. 676/2 The relationship will be more on the order of ‘kissing cousins’—the experience gained will be valuable for later and more serious efforts.

1970 Guardian 31 Aug. 7/4 We resemble the Dutch more than we resemble the people of any other country—we are truly kissing cousins.

1973 Publishers Weekly 25 June 33/2 (advt.) From cream pies to their kissing cousins, souffles.

kissing-crust n. colloquial the soft part of the crust of a loaf where it has touched another in baking; ‘also the under-crust in a pudding or pie’ (Farmer Slang).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > [noun] > pastry crust or case

coffinc1420

rollera1475

pasty crust1562

custard coffin1581

piecrust1582

crust1598

kissing-crust1708

dripping crust1747

short crust1747

standing crust1747

huff1787

croustade1845

turban1846

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > crust of loaf

crusta1330

heelc1390

kissing-crust1708

undercrust1738

1708 W. King Art of Cookery 8 These brought him Kissing-crusts.

1823 C. Lamb Praise of Chimney-sweepers in Elia 260 How he would recommend this slice of white bread, or that piece of kissing-crust.

1842 R. H. Barham Nell Cook!! in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 129 A mouldy piece of ‘kissing-crust,’ as from a warden-pie.

kissing gourami n. a small Malaysian freshwater fish, Helostoma temmineki, often kept in aquaria.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Anabantoidei > family Anabantidae > member of (Siamese fighter)

labyrinth fish1835

paradise fish1858

gourami1878

Siamese fighting fish1929

kissing gourami1935

fighting fish-

1935 W. T. Innes Exotic Aquarium Fishes 360 Helostoma temmineki... Popular name, Kissing Gourami.

1952 H. R. Axelrod Tropical Fish as Hobby iii. 59 The Kissing Gourami [is]..so named for the unusual shape of its mouth when eating or sucking debris from the sides of the tank.

1962 D. W. Tucker tr. G. Sterba Freshwater Fishes of World 794 There is an unpigmented variety of the Kissing Gourami which is a uniform dull pink.

kissing kind adj. kind or friendly enough to kiss, on affectionate terms.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [adjective] > ready to receive a kiss > kind or friendly enough to receive a kiss

kissing kind1886

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Dec. 3/1 Russia and Germany are once more kissing kind.

1893 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour (new ed.) xxviii. 153 Our friends..seemed more inclined to fraternize. Not that they were as yet kissing kind.

kissing trap n. slang the mouth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [noun]

moutheOE

billa1000

munc1400

mussa1529

mouc1540

gan1567

gob1568

bouche1582

oven1593

taster1596

Pipe Office1609

neba1616

gab1681

gam1724

mouthpiece1738

potato-trap1785

potato-jaw1791

fly-trapc1795

trap1796

mouthie1801

mug1820

gin-trap1824

rattletrap1824

box1830

mouf1836

bread trap1838

puss1844

tater-trap1846

gash1852

kissing trap1854

shop1855

north and south1858

mooey1859

kisser1860

gingerbread-trap1864

bazoo1877

bake1893

tattie-trap1894

yap1900

smush1930

gate1937

cakehole1943

motormouth1976

pie hole1983

geggie1985

1854 ‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures Mr. Verdant Green (ed. 2) iv. 31 To one gentleman he would pleasantly observe..in the still more elegant imagery of the Ring,..‘How about the kissing-trap?’

1887 G. D. Atkin House Scraps 54 The ‘off~side’ of his ‘kissing-trap’ Displays an ugly mark!

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §121/66 Mouth,..kissing trap, loud-speaker, maw, [etc.].

Derivatives

ˈkissingly adv.

ΚΠ

1836 E. Howard Rattlin xxxix The breeze came so freshly and kissingly on my cheek.

1892 Pall Mall Mag. 7 Sept. She pouted her lips kissingly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	kissing
释义	kissingn. /ˈkɪsɪŋ/ Etymology: < kiss v. + -ing suffix¹. a. The action of kiss v. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [noun] > action of kissing kissinga1300 bassing1546 lip-labour1582 bussing1583 smouching1583 slavering1607 lip-work1631 suaviation1656 deosculation1658 osculation1658 bussa1721 basiation1879 kissage1886 mugging1890 oscularity1926 snogging1945 smash-mouth1965 a1300 Floriz & Bl. 513 Here kessinge ileste amile And þat hem þuȝte litel while. a1350 in K. Böddeker Altengl. Dichtungen (1878) 200 Þin heued doun boweþ to suete cussinge. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. evii Gostly embracinges, clyppinges, kissynges. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2931 Acoyntyng hom with kissyng & clippyng in Armes. 1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse v. 92 Kissing goes by favour; he likes you best. a1714 Bp G. Burnet Hist. Reformation (1820) III. 101 So many bowings, crossings, and kissings of the altar. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 82 Kissing in the East was a token of Divine honour, whether to an idol or to God. b. (when) the kissing had (or has) to stop: (when) the ‘honeymoon’ period finished (or finishes); (when) one is forced to recognize harsh realities. ΚΠ 1855 R. Browning Toccata of Galuppi's xiv, in Men & Women I. 61 What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop? 1960 C. Fitz Gibbon (title) When the kissing had to stop. 1965 Guardian 20 Aug. 12/3 In the past 15 years more than 190,000 adult Jamaicans have come to settle in this country... Now the kissing has to stop. 1973 Times 28 Dec. 8/3 If left wing extremists continue to exploit..grievances..we should not have to wait long for the emergence of extremists of the right... It is then a few short steps to the place where the kissing has to stop. Compounds C1. General attributive. kissing scene n. ΚΠ a1735 J. Arbuthnot John Bull iii. xx. in Misc. Wks. (1751) II. 89 The Kissing-Scene being at an End. kissing-stuff n. ΚΠ 1690 J. Crowne Eng. Frier iii. 30 Fy Sir: you are a Priest, you have no kissing-stuff about you. C2. kissing-ball n. ΚΠ 1970 Canad. Antiques Collector Dec. 10/1 A kissing ball, consisting of evergreen, wrapped round a cluster of apples, provides the ‘mistletoe’. kissing-bee n. U.S. an evening ‘mixed party’. ΚΠ 1853 Turnover: Tale of N. Hampshire 6 [He was about] to shave and dress for a ‘party’ or ‘kissing-bee’. kissing-bough n. ΚΠ 1956 B. Chute Greenwillow viii. 91 In some houses..kissing-boughs hung over doorways. 1969 E. Wilkins Rose-garden Game viii. 191 The old English Christmas globe, called a kissing-bough, which was made up of three interlocking hoops of greenery, hung from the ceiling and lit up with candles. kissing-bunch n. ΚΠ 1857 T. Wright Dict. Obs. & Provincial Eng. II. 614/2 Kissing-bunch, a bush of evergreens sometimes substituted for mistletoe at Christmas. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers vi. 116 It [sc. the kitchen] was small and curious to her, with its glittering kissing-bunch. kissing-bush n. a Christmas wreath or ball of evergreens, frequently arranged with fruit and ribbons, which is hung from the ceiling and under which a kiss may be taken. ΚΠ 1859 C. W. Wilson Mapping Frontier (1970) i. 77 It will be a hard matter if we cannot get something wherewith to drink success to the ‘kissing bush’. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Kissing-bush, a bunch of evergreens or mistletoe garnished with ribands and fruit, which is hung in the kitchen, or hall, at Christmas-tide. † kissing cause n. Obsolete (apparently) = kissing-comfit n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > aromatic confection pigmentary1474 kissing-comfita1616 kissing cause1620 1620 Swetnam Arraigned (1880) 12 Their very breath Is sophisticated with Amber-pellets, and kissing causes. † kissing-comfit n. Obsolete a perfumed comfit for sweetening the breath. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > aromatic confection pigmentary1474 kissing-comfita1616 kissing cause1620 a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 20 Let it..haile-kissing Comfits, and snow Eringoes. View more context for this quotation 1660 R. May Accomplisht Cook 257 To make Muskedines, called Rising Comfits or Kissing Comfits. kissing dance n. = cushion-dance n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > round dance > [noun] > specific rayc1450 Sellenger's round1567 miller's round1579 roundelay1589 cushion-dance1607 prinkum-prankuma1635 roundabout1766 pillow dance1811 batuque1820 walkround1861 hora1878 kissing dance1899 maxixe1909 garba1920 raas garba1935 1899 Daily News 14 Sept. 7/1 There was the famous kissing dance, ‘Joan Saunderson’. kissing-gate n. a small gate swinging in a U- or V-shaped enclosure, so as to allow only one person to pass at a time. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > gate allowing one person through at a time turn-wicket1816 kissing-gate1875 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Cuckoo Gate,..called in Hampshire a kissing-gate. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Kissing-gate..It is only made to open far enough for one person to pass at a time. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 7 Nov. 7/1 The disappearance of the last of the kissing-gates on Parliament Hill. † kissing-strings n. Obsolete (plural) a woman's bonnet- or cap-strings tied under the chin with the ends hanging loose. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > strap or tie-string string1564 stay1601 chin-stay1699 kissing-strings1705 throatlatch1727 bonnet1817 brides1829 hat guard1839 chin-strap1864 1705 London Ladies Dressing-room Behind her back the streamers fly, And kissing-strings hang dangling by. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 174 The old-fashioned terms of manteaus, sacques, kissing-strings, and so forth, would convey but little information even to the milliners of the present day. kissing time n. the time to kiss, frequently used as a jocular reply to children who ask the time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [noun] > the time or time of day > specific times of day nooneOE undernc1122 ninec1425 one1435 three o'clockc1460 twelve?1482 twelve hours?a1513 four o'clock?1578 six o'clock1693 quarter1871 kissing time1875 1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk v. ii. 245 When the leading fiddler pushes his fourth finger far up his first string..this is ‘kissing time’; and, after an attempt more or less successful on the part of each male dancer to kiss his partner's cheek, at it they go! 1916 F. Norton (title of song) Any time is kissing time. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiii. [Nausicaa] 345 Edy asked her the time and Miss Cissy..said it was half past kissing time, time to kiss again. 1935 T. S. Eliot Murder in Cathedral i. 25 If you will remember me, my Lord, at your prayers, I'll remember you at kissing-time below the stairs. 1947 W. de la Mare Coll. Stories for Children 165 Nobody ever wasted any time (except kissing-time). 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xii. 247 It is kissing time after four o'clock. If the girls trip you up they say you have got to kiss them after four o'clock. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2019). kissingadj. Etymology: < kiss v. + -ing suffix². That kisses: see the verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [adjective] > that kisses kissing1600 osculant1850 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 141 Thy lippes, those kissing cherries. View more context for this quotation 1784 W. Cowper Let. 29 Mar. (1981) II. A most loving, kissing, kind-hearted gentleman. 1864 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 132 In the wood we met just one kissing shower. Compounds kissing bug n. U.S. a blood-sucking bug of the family Reduviidæ. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Heteroptera > member of family Reduviidae reduviid1888 assassin bug1890 kissing bug1899 1899 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 33 Several persons suffering from swollen faces visited the Emergency Hospital in Washington and complained that they had been bitten by some insect while asleep... Thus began the ‘kissing bug’ scare. 1904 N.Y. Evening Post 4 Aug. 1 The doctors were unable to decide whether he had been bitten by a mosquito or a kissing bug. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. s.v. The name kissing-bug originated in the newspapers in June, 1899, many persons being bitten that summer and often on the lip. 1932 C. L. Metcalf & W. P. Flint Fund. Insect Life viii. 222 Family Reduviidæ. The Assassin or Kissing Bugs.—This is a very large family of mostly flattened, oval bugs... The assassin bugs catch small insects and suck their blood as food. Some species, when handled, inflict painful bites on man. 1973 L. E. Chadwick tr. W. Linsenmaier Insects of World 120/1 The bite of many reduviids is very painful, even to man; in warm countries certain species even enter homes on occasion at night and suck the blood of people. In North America this may be done by the black ‘kissing bug’ (Melanolestes picipes). About 0·6 inch long, this bug prefers to bite the face, especially in the region of the mouth. 1974 A. Dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek xiii. 232 The cone-nose bug, or kissing bug, bites the lips of sleeping people, sucking blood and injecting an excruciating toxin. kissing cousin n. a relative or friend with whom one is on close enough terms to greet with a kiss; also transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > person on terms of cousinship cater-cousinc1547 quater-cousin1656 kissing cousin1951 1951 in H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (1960) 306/2 You guys talk like kissing cousins. 1961 John o' London's 20 Apr. 436/3 Marianne Spottiswoode, who is also a kissing cousin of the publishing Spottiswoodes. 1961 Economist 18 Nov. 676/2 The relationship will be more on the order of ‘kissing cousins’—the experience gained will be valuable for later and more serious efforts. 1970 Guardian 31 Aug. 7/4 We resemble the Dutch more than we resemble the people of any other country—we are truly kissing cousins. 1973 Publishers Weekly 25 June 33/2 (advt.) From cream pies to their kissing cousins, souffles. kissing-crust n. colloquial the soft part of the crust of a loaf where it has touched another in baking; ‘also the under-crust in a pudding or pie’ (Farmer Slang). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > [noun] > pastry crust or case coffinc1420 rollera1475 pasty crust1562 custard coffin1581 piecrust1582 crust1598 kissing-crust1708 dripping crust1747 short crust1747 standing crust1747 huff1787 croustade1845 turban1846 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > crust of loaf crusta1330 heelc1390 kissing-crust1708 undercrust1738 1708 W. King Art of Cookery 8 These brought him Kissing-crusts. 1823 C. Lamb Praise of Chimney-sweepers in Elia 260 How he would recommend this slice of white bread, or that piece of kissing-crust. 1842 R. H. Barham Nell Cook!! in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 129 A mouldy piece of ‘kissing-crust,’ as from a warden-pie. kissing gourami n. a small Malaysian freshwater fish, Helostoma temmineki, often kept in aquaria. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Anabantoidei > family Anabantidae > member of (Siamese fighter) labyrinth fish1835 paradise fish1858 gourami1878 Siamese fighting fish1929 kissing gourami1935 fighting fish- 1935 W. T. Innes Exotic Aquarium Fishes 360 Helostoma temmineki... Popular name, Kissing Gourami. 1952 H. R. Axelrod Tropical Fish as Hobby iii. 59 The Kissing Gourami [is]..so named for the unusual shape of its mouth when eating or sucking debris from the sides of the tank. 1962 D. W. Tucker tr. G. Sterba Freshwater Fishes of World 794 There is an unpigmented variety of the Kissing Gourami which is a uniform dull pink. kissing kind adj. kind or friendly enough to kiss, on affectionate terms. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [adjective] > ready to receive a kiss > kind or friendly enough to receive a kiss kissing kind1886 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Dec. 3/1 Russia and Germany are once more kissing kind. 1893 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour (new ed.) xxviii. 153 Our friends..seemed more inclined to fraternize. Not that they were as yet kissing kind. kissing trap n. slang the mouth. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [noun] moutheOE billa1000 munc1400 mussa1529 mouc1540 gan1567 gob1568 bouche1582 oven1593 taster1596 Pipe Office1609 neba1616 gab1681 gam1724 mouthpiece1738 potato-trap1785 potato-jaw1791 fly-trapc1795 trap1796 mouthie1801 mug1820 gin-trap1824 rattletrap1824 box1830 mouf1836 bread trap1838 puss1844 tater-trap1846 gash1852 kissing trap1854 shop1855 north and south1858 mooey1859 kisser1860 gingerbread-trap1864 bazoo1877 bake1893 tattie-trap1894 yap1900 smush1930 gate1937 cakehole1943 motormouth1976 pie hole1983 geggie1985 1854 ‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures Mr. Verdant Green (ed. 2) iv. 31 To one gentleman he would pleasantly observe..in the still more elegant imagery of the Ring,..‘How about the kissing-trap?’ 1887 G. D. Atkin House Scraps 54 The ‘off~side’ of his ‘kissing-trap’ Displays an ugly mark! 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §121/66 Mouth,..kissing trap, loud-speaker, maw, [etc.]. Derivatives ˈkissingly adv. ΚΠ 1836 E. Howard Rattlin xxxix The breeze came so freshly and kissingly on my cheek. 1892 Pall Mall Mag. 7 Sept. She pouted her lips kissingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.a1300adj.1600
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