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kiss
verb kissed, kissing
- 1. To touch someone with the lips, or to press one's lips against them, as a greeting, sign of affection, etc.
intr
2. To kiss one another on the lips.
3. To express something by kissing.
- Example: kissed them goodbye
4. Said of billiard or snooker balls: to touch each other gently while moving.
- 1. An act of kissing.
- Thesaurus: osculation, caress, smooch (
adj
- Note: usually with preceding adj
A person who kisses in a specified way.
- Example: a good kisser
- Example: a sloppy kisser
- slang
The mouth or face.
- colloq
To give an account of sexual exploits to a newspaper, etc, especially when these involve a celebrity. See also separate entry kiss-and-tell.
- To kiss the sovereign's hands on acceptance of high office.
- An exclamation used to express contempt or to reject or dismiss someone or something out of hand
- Example: You expect me to forgive you? Well, you can kiss my arse!
- slang
To curry favour with them.
- To be overthrown, humiliated, etc.
- To be mutually forgiving and so become reconciled.
- To show loving sympathy towards someone's physical or emotional injury
- Example: Mummy, kiss my sore knee better.
- To lose the chance of having it, especially through folly, mismanagement, etc
- Example: guess we can kiss goodbye to a holiday this year.
