kiss

Verb

1. (transitive) 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. (ambitransitive) To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.
3. (reciprocal) Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
4. (archaic, transitive) 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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: kissen

Inherited from Old English: cyssan

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: küsje

Cognate with Dutch: kussen

Cognate with German: küssen

Cognate with Danish: kysse

Cognate with Swedish: kyssa

Cognate with Norwegian: kysse

Cognate with Icelandic: kyssa

Inherited from Middle English: kis

Inherited from Old English: coss

In summary

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 kysse, Swedish kyssa, Norwegian kysse, Icelandic 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

sniff

smooch

suck

osculate

smack

kissing

😗

caress

candy kiss

coss

smell

👃

osculation

give a kiss

embrace

sip

cuddle

lick

lip

touch with the lips

snog

brush

nuzzle

sob

😭

salute

screw

shave

shaving

skimming

smell at

touching

worship

a kiss

dote on

kiss each other

exchange kisses

touch closely

stroke

shower with kisses

pavlova

admire

barney

adore

bless

burl

chat up

court

cushion

drink

🥤

espouse

fist

✊

Translations

baiser

😗

besar

😗

embrasser

küssen

😗

beso

😗

bacio

😗

Kuss

😗

baciare

😗

kussen

😗

bisou

😗

beijar

😗

beijo

😗

kus

😗

φιλί

zoen

😗

Sentences

Before you meet the handsome prince you have to kiss a lot of toads .

The tagline was "" A kiss that cannot be forgotten !