kissing cousin noun

A more or less distant relation with whom one is on familiar enough terms to kiss on meeting

kissˈing-crust noun

That part of the upper crust of a loaf which overhangs and touches another

kissing disease noun (informal)

Glandular fever

kissing gate noun

A gate set in a V- or U-shaped enclosure

kissˈing-strings plural noun

Cap or bonnet strings tied under the chin

kiss-in-the-ringˈ noun

An old game in which one person kisses another after a chase round a ring of players

kissˈ-me or kissˈ-me-quick noun

1. The wild-pansy or other plant
2. A short veil
3. A small bonnet

kiss of death noun (informal)

Something that causes failure, destruction, etc

kissˈ-off noun (slang)

A sudden, usu offensive dismissal

kiss of life noun

1. In first aid, a mouth-to-mouth method of restoring breathing (cf Schafer's method)
2. A means of restoring vitality or vigour (figurative)

kiss of peace noun

A kiss of greeting between the members of the early, and some branches of the modern, Church

kiss and make up (informal)

To become reconciled (also kissˈ-and-make-up adjective)

kiss and tell (informal)

To give an exposé of one's sexual adventures (kissˈ-and-tell adjective)

kiss goodbye to (informal)

To relinquish all hope of

kiss hands

To kiss the sovereign's hands on acceptance of office

kiss off (slang)

1. To dismiss
2. To kill
3. To die

kiss (someone's) arse or (N American) ass (slang)

1. To be obsequious or sycophantic (towards someone)
2. (in imperative; offensive) get lost, go away

kiss the book

To kiss a Bible or New Testament, in England, after taking a legal oath

kiss the gunner's daughter

To get a flogging, tied to the breech of a cannon

kiss the rod

To submit to punishment