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K0077000 (kĭs)v. kissed, kiss·ing, kiss·es v.tr.1. To touch or caress with the lips as an expression of affection, greeting, respect, or amorousness.2. To touch lightly or gently: flowers that were kissed by dew.3. To strike lightly; brush against: barely kissed the other car with the bumper.v.intr.1. To engage in mutual touching or caressing with the lips.2. To come into light contact.n.1. A caress or touch with the lips.2. A slight or gentle touch.3. A small piece of candy, especially of chocolate.4. A drop cookie made of egg whites and sugar.Phrasal Verbs: kiss off Slang 1. To dismiss or reject.2. To be forced to give up or regard as lost: He can kiss off that promotion.3. To leave or disappear from notice: got bad press by telling the reporters to kiss off. kiss up Slang To behave obsequiously; fawn.Idioms: kiss ass Vulgar Slang To act submissively or obsequiously in order to gain favor. kiss goodbye Informal To be forced to regard as lost, ruined, or hopeless: She can kiss her vacation plans goodbye.

[Middle English kissen, from Old English cyssan.]

kiss′a·ble adj.

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kissing - affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, petting, smooching, snuggling, neckingforeplay, stimulation, arousal - mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercoursesnogging - (British informal) cuddle and kiss

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kissing

A regional term for the exchange of plastic-wrapped rocks (crack) by kissing—mouth to mouth transfer

kissing

The widespread human practice of pressing the lips against some part of the body of another person, especially the mouth. Kissing has social as well as sexual functions and these are usually kept apart. Some societies accept public kissing between adult males; others do not. Kissing can be dangerous, as, for instance, a means of transmission of infectious mononucleosis. It can be fatal when an adult with an oral cold sore kisses a child with eczema, producing the life-threatening Kaposi's varicelliform eruption.

Kissing

KISSING. Kissing the bible is a ceremony used in taking the corporal oath, the object being, as the canonists say, to denote the assent of the witness to the oath in the form it is imposed. The witness kisses either the whole bible, or some portion of it; or a cross in some countries. See the ceremony explained in Oughton's Ord. Tit. Constit. on Courts, part 3, sect. 1, Sec. 3 Junkin on the Oath, 173, 180; 2 Evan's Pothier, 234.

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noun affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

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