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kiss /kɪs /verb [with object]1Touch or caress with the lips as a sign of love, sexual desire, or greeting: he kissed her on the lips [with object and complement]: she kissed the children goodnight [no object]: we started kissing...- They started to kiss, just lightly at first, and then with more passion.
- The desire to kiss him again is almost overwhelming - but she can't ignore her own beliefs.
- She closed her eyes once again as the man she loved hugged and kissed her one last time.
Synonyms plant a kiss on, brush one's lips against, blow a kiss to, air-kiss informal peck, give a peck to, give a smacker to, smooch, canoodle, neck, pet, kiss and cuddle, bill and coo British informal snog North American informal buss informal, dated spoon rare osculate 1.1 Billiards & Snooker (Of a ball) lightly touch (another ball) in passing.On a straight line two balls can kiss a ball in the centre, one on the left and one on the right. noun1A touch or caress with the lips: a quick kiss on the cheek...- She then leaned back and they shared a deep, passionate kiss for a few seconds.
- He never gave us a kiss or showed any affection at all.
- As I lay on the couch that evening, I felt a touch on my forehead and a kiss on my cheek.
Synonyms air kiss; French kiss, soul kiss; X informal peck, smack, smacker, smackeroo, smooch British informal snog North American informal buss rare osculation 1.1Used to express affection at the end of a letter (conventionally represented by the letter X): she sent lots of love and a whole line of kisses...- One woman hands him a handwritten letter covered in kisses and hearts.
- Let's begin with why do Xs sometimes (esp. at the end of a letter) signify kisses?
- Highly emotive, Kahlo was passionate in her prose, sealing the letter illustrated with lipstick kisses.
2 Billiards & Snooker A slight touch of a ball against another ball.Davis looked poised to grab another frame from a seemingly lost position only for a double kiss to scupper his comeback in the fifth frame....- Potting the white, or a double kiss, just like this.
3North American A small cake, biscuit, or sweet. Phrases kiss and make up kiss and tell kiss someone's arse (or ass) kiss ass kiss something better kiss something goodbye (or kiss goodbye to something) kiss of death kiss of life kiss of peace kiss the rod Phrasal verbs kiss someone/thing off kiss up to Derivatives kissable /ˈkɪsəb(ə)l / adjective ...- And besides, you've got an incredibly kissable mouth.
- Apply lip balm daily to keep your lips in kissable condition.
- Sitting beside Mark her head resting on his shoulder, smiling and chatting with his sister she looked absolutely adorable and so very kissable.
Origin Old English cyssan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kussen and German küssen. An action or event causing certain failure for an enterprise may be described as the kiss of death. Although the phrase is relatively recent it is thought to refer to a story in the Bible. In the biblical account of the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, Judas Iscariot identified Jesus to the soldiers who would arrest him by greeting him with a kiss. The expression is often used of apparently beneficial or well-meaning actions that somehow tempt fate, and have the opposite result to that intended. A much earlier traditional expression for an act of betrayal, a Judas kiss, refers to the same story. The last words of Lord Nelson, fatally wounded at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, are usually quoted as ‘Kiss me, Hardy’, spoken to Thomas Hardy, the captain of Nelson's ship, HMS Victory. According to eyewitness accounts he did say this, but it was not his final speech. His real last words were either ‘Drink, drink. Fan, fan. Rub, rub’, asking the doctor to give him a drink, fan him, and rub him to relieve his pain, or ‘Thank God, I have done my duty’.
Rhymes abyss, amiss, bis, bliss, Chris, Diss, hiss, Majlis, miss, reminisce, sis, Swiss, this, vis |