kiss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: kĭs
ipa: /kɪs/
ipa: [kʰɪs]
rhymes: -ɪs
Forms: form: kisses
form: kissing
form: kissed
form: kissed
form: kist
form: kist
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”).
Senses: examples: text: He […] kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack, / That at the parting all the church echoed.
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
text: I'll kiss thy foot. I'll swear myself thy subject.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
text: But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
ref: 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
text: I kissed a girl and I liked it / The taste of her cherry chapstick / I kissed a girl just to try it / I hope my boyfriend don't mind it
ref: 2008 April 28, Katy Perry, Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Cathy Dennis, “I Kissed a Girl”, in One of the Boys, performed by Katy Perry:
glosses: To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.
examples: text: The nearside of the car just kissed a parked truck as he took the corner at high speed.
text: His ball kissed the black into the corner pocket.
text: Like fire and powder, / Which as they kiss consume.
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vi]:
text: Rose, rose and clematis, / Trail and twine and clasp and kiss, / Kiss, kiss; and make her a bower / All of flowers, and drop me a flower, / Drop me a flower.
ref: 1867–1870 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, Arthur Sullivan, composer, “No. II. At the Window.”, in The Window: Or, The Songs of the Wrens […], London: Strahan & Co., […], published 1871, →OCLC:
text: Night hath fled away into the valleys. The dawn kisseth the mountain tops.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.
examples: text: We're kissing in the moonlight / Love was shining so bright and true
ref: 1990, Norell Oson Bard, “Kissing in the Moonlight”performed by The Boppers:
glosses: Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
glosses: To treat with fondness.
Synonyms: word: buss
word: goozer
word: kiss
word: lallygag
word: lips
word: lock lips
word: osculate
word: pash
word: play tonsil hockey
word: smooch
word: snog
word: suck face
word: swap spit
Hyponyms: word: air kiss
word: blow a kiss
word: French kiss
word: get off with
word: get to first base
word: make out
word: meet
word: mwah-mwah
word: neck
word: tongue
word: tongue kiss
Coordinate terms: word: embrace
word: fondle
Derived terms: bekiss
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outkiss
shaking hands and kissing babies
simple as kiss your hand
sunkissed
unkiss
unkissed
you kiss your father with that mouth
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