kiss
Meaning
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- To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.
- To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.
- Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
- To treat with fondness.
Synonyms
candy kiss
give a kiss
touch with the lips
smell at
a kiss
dote on
kiss each other
exchange kisses
touch closely
shower with kisses
admire
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɪs/
Etymology
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”).
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