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kiss verb [ kɪs ]

• touch or caress with the lips as a sign of love, sexual desire, or greeting.
• "he kissed her on the lips"
Similar: plant a kiss on, brush one's lips against, blow a kiss to, air-kiss, peck, give a peck to, give a smacker to, smooch, canoodle, neck, pet, kiss and cuddle, bill and coo, snog, buss, spoon, osculate,
• (of a ball) lightly touch (another ball) in passing.

kiss noun

• a touch or caress with the lips.
• "a quick kiss on the cheek"
Similar: air kiss, French kiss, soul kiss, X, peck, smack, smacker, smackeroo, smooch, snog, buss, osculation,
• a slight touch of a ball against another ball.
• a small cake, biscuit, or sweet.
Origin: Old English cyssan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kussen and German küssen .

kiss and make up

• become reconciled.

kiss and tell

• recount one's sexual exploits, especially to the media concerning a famous person.
"this isn't a kiss-and-tell book"

kiss someone's arse

• behave obsequiously towards someone.

kiss ass

• behave in an obsequious or sycophantic way.

kiss something better

• comfort a sick or injured person, especially a child, by kissing the sore or injured part of their body as a gesture of removing pain.

kiss something goodbye

• accept the certain loss of something.
"I could kiss my career goodbye"

kiss of death

• an action or event that causes certain failure for an enterprise.
"it would be the kiss of death for the company if it could be proved that the food was unsafe"

kiss of life

• mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

kiss of peace

• a ceremonial kiss given or exchanged as a sign of unity, especially the act of kissing the consecrated elements during the Christian Eucharist.

kiss the rod

• accept punishment submissively.

kiss off

• dismiss or reject someone or something abruptly.
"she should kiss off the criticism"

kiss up to

• behave sycophantically or obsequiously towards someone in order to obtain something.
"I'm done kissing up to my new boss"



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