What does KISS mean?
Definitions for KISS
kɪskiss
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word KISS.
Princeton's WordNet
kiss, buss, osculationnoun
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
kissnoun
a cookie made of egg whites and sugar
kiss, candy kissnoun
any of several bite-sized candies
kissverb
a light glancing touch
"there was a brief kiss of their hands in passing"
snog, kiss, buss, osculateverb
touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
"The newly married couple kissed"; "She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room"
kissverb
touch lightly or gently
"the blossoms were kissed by the soft rain"
Wiktionary
kissnoun
A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
kissnoun
A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses.
kissverb
To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to express love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting, or as part of sexual activity.
kissverb
To touch lightly or slightly.
kissverb
Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
kissverb
To mark a cross (X) after your name on a card, etc.
Etymology: From cyssan, from kussja-, cognates include Danish kysse, Dutch kussen, German küssen, Icelandic kyssa and Swedish kyssa. Possibly from ku (probably imitative), with cognates including κύσσω, poetic form of κύσω, and kuwassanzi.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Kissnoun
Salute given by joining lips.
Etymology: from the verb.
What sense had I of her stol’n hours or lust?
I found not Cassio’s kisses on her lips. William Shakespeare, Othello.Upon my livid lips bestow a kiss:
O envy not the dead, they feel not bliss! Dryden.To KISSverb
Etymology: cusan, Welsh; ϰύω.
But who those ruddy lips can miss,
Which blessed still themselves do kiss. Philip Sidney.He took
The bride about the neck, and kist her lips
With such a clamorous smack, that at the parting
All the church echo’d. William Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew.Their lips were four red roses on a stalk,
And in their summer beauty kiss’d each other. William Shakespeare, R. III.The hearts of princes kiss obedience,
So much they love it; but to stubborn spirits,
They swell and grow as terrible as storms. William Shakespeare, H. VIII.The moon shines bright: in such a night as this,
When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees,
And they did make no noise. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Venice.
Wikipedia
Kiss
A kiss is the touch or pressing of one's lips against another person or an object. Cultural connotations of kissing vary widely. Depending on the culture and context, a kiss can express sentiments of love, passion, romance, sexual attraction, sexual activity, sexual arousal, affection, respect, greeting, peace, and good luck, among many others. In some situations, a kiss is a ritual, formal or symbolic gesture indicating devotion, respect, or a sacramental. The word came from Old English cyssan ("to kiss"), in turn from coss ("a kiss").
ChatGPT
kiss
A kiss is a physical gesture involving the pressing of one's lips against another person or object, typically as an expression of love, affection, or greeting.
Webster Dictionary
Kissverb
to salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc
Kissverb
to touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly
Kissverb
to make or give salutation with the lips in token of love, respect, etc.; as, kiss and make friends
Kissverb
to meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly
Kiss
a salutation with the lips, as a token of affection, respect, etc.; as, a parting kiss; a kiss of reconciliation
Kiss
a small piece of confectionery
Etymology: [OE. kissen, cussen, AS. cyssan, fr. coss a kiss; of uncertain origin; akin to D. kus, G. kuss, Icel. koss.]
Wikidata
Kiss
A kiss is the act of pressing one's lips against another person or an object. Cultural connotations of kissing vary widely. Depending on the culture and context, a kiss can express sentiments of love, passion, affection, respect, greeting, friendship, peace and good luck, among many others. In some situations a kiss is a ritual, formal or symbolic gesture indicating devotion, respect, or sacrament. The word came from Old English cyssan, in turn from coss.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Kiss
kis, v.t. to press one's lips to in affection or reverence: to treat with fondness: to touch gently: to collide (of two billiard-balls).—v.i. to salute with the lips.—n. a salute with the lips.—ns. Kiss′-curl, a small curl at the side of the forehead; Kiss′er; Kiss′ing-com′fit, a perfumed comfit for sweetening the breath; Kiss′ing-crust, that part of the upper crust of the loaf which, while baking, overhangs the edge and touches another.—n.pl. Kiss′ing-strings, cap or bonnet strings tied under the chin.—n. Kiss′-me, the wild form of Viola tricolor, the pansy: a short veil: a small bonnet—also Kiss′-me-quick.—Kiss hands, to kiss the sovereign's hands on a minister's acceptance of office; Kiss of peace, a kiss of greeting exchanged between the members of the early Church, a shadow of which survives in the kissing of the pax at high mass; Kiss the book, to kiss a copy of the New Testament, in England, after taking a legal oath; Kiss the dust, to be felled to the ground, to be slain or vanquished; Kiss the gunner's daughter, to get a flogging, tied to the breech of a cannon; Kiss the rod, to submit to punishment. [A.S. cyssan, to kiss—coss, a kiss; Ger. küssen, Dan. kys; allied to choose and gust.]
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
KISS
Nothing divided by two; meaning persecution for the infant, ecstasy for the youth, fidelity for the middle-aged and homage for the old.
KISS
An indescribable something that is of no value to any one, but is much prized by the right two.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
KISS
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Kiss is ranked #8305 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Kiss surname appeared 3,990 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Kiss.
93.8% or 3,743 total occurrences were White.
3.5% or 143 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.1% or 47 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.6% or 27 total occurrences were Asian.
0.6% or 25 total occurrences were Black.
0.1% or 5 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'KISS' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3751
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'KISS' in Nouns Frequency: #1903
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'KISS' in Verbs Frequency: #509
Anagrams for KISS »
skis
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of KISS in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of KISS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of KISS in a Sentence
A politician's covenant to people, is the Judas Kiss with lipstick.
Cara: I just found a delightful account of a case against a wizard who once fancied getting drunk, marching down to the market on Stentor Street, hiking up his robes to random women and commanding them to kiss the serpent.
That moment, was, it was, it felt like something, it felt like something I should not be feeling, i think there was something in the kiss in the shower that was real.
There is no new song in the sense that we sat down and wrote a new KISS tune, that's been overstated quite honestly. We'd be better off describing it as an Easter egg. It's not Easter and it's not an egg, but at the same time, it's something that if you stay until the end, you will enjoy something unexpected.
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment.
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- قبلةArabic
- polibekCzech
- kysDanish
- KussGerman
- φιλίGreek
- kisoEsperanto
- besoSpanish
- بوسهPersian
- suudellaFinnish
- baiserFrench
- pógIrish
- चुम्माHindi
- csókHungarian
- համբույրArmenian
- ciumanIndonesian
- bacioItalian
- נשיקהHebrew
- キッスJapanese
- ಮುತ್ತುKannada
- 키스Korean
- osculaLatin
- kusDutch
- kysseNorwegian
- pocałunekPolish
- beijoPortuguese
- pupRomanian
- поцелуйRussian
- kyssSwedish
- முத்தம்Tamil
- ముద్దుTelugu
- จูบThai
- opmekTurkish
- поцілунокUkrainian
- چوموUrdu
- hônVietnamese
- קושYiddish
- 吻Chinese
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