name
Meaning 1
A surname from Hungarian.
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name
A surname from Hungarian.
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noun
A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
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noun
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.
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noun
A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses.
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noun
The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth; conjunction.
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Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
A low-speed mid-air collision between the envelopes of two hot air balloons, generally causing no damage or injury.
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Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.
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verb
Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
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Usage: reciprocal
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verb
To treat with fondness.
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Usage: archaic, transitive
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verb
Acronym of keep it simple, stupid.
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Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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noun
a light glancing touch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: touch, touching
noun
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
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Synonyms: buss, osculation
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Broader terms: touch, touching
Narrower terms: smack, smooch, soul kiss, deep kiss, French kiss
noun
any of several bite-sized candies
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Synonyms: candy kiss
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Broader terms: candy, confect
Narrower terms: molasses kiss, meringue kiss, chocolate kiss, Scotch kiss
noun
a cookie made of egg whites and sugar
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Broader terms: cookie, cooky, biscuit
verb
touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
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Synonyms: snog, buss, osculate
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Broader terms: touch
Narrower terms: smack, peck
verb
touch lightly or gently
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Broader terms: touch
History
* As a Hungarian surname, from Kiss. * As an English surname of Norman origin, from Anglo-Norman cuisse (“thigh”).
From Middle English kis, kys, kus, forms of cos influenced by kissen, from Old English coss, from Proto-West Germanic *koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz.
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 and Norwegian Bokmål kysse, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish 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”).
Across languages
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