Definitions for Kiss
kɪskiss

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. kiss, buss, osculationnoun

   the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)

2. kissnoun

   a cookie made of egg whites and sugar

3. kiss, candy kissnoun

   any of several bite-sized candies

4. kissverb

   a light glancing touch

   "there was a brief kiss of their hands in passing"

5. 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"

6. kissverb

   touch lightly or gently

   "the blossoms were kissed by the soft rain"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. kissnoun

   A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.

2. kissnoun

   A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses.

3. 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.

4. kissverb

   To touch lightly or slightly.

5. kissverb

   Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.

6. kissverb

   To mark a cross (X) after your name on a card, etc.

7. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

2. To KISSverb

   Etymology: cusan, Welsh; ϰύω.

   1. To touch with the lips.

   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.

   2. To treat with fondness.

   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.

   3. To touch gently.

   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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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").

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Kissverb

   to salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc

2. Kissverb

   to touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly

3. Kissverb

   to make or give salutation with the lips in token of love, respect, etc.; as, kiss and make friends

4. Kissverb

   to meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly

5. Kiss

   a salutation with the lips, as a token of affection, respect, etc.; as, a parting kiss; a kiss of reconciliation

6. Kiss

   a small piece of confectionery

7. Etymology: [OE. kissen, cussen, AS. cyssan, fr. coss a kiss; of uncertain origin; akin to D. kus, G. kuss, Icel. koss.]

WikidataRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. KISS

   Nothing divided by two; meaning persecution for the infant, ecstasy for the youth, fidelity for the middle-aged and homage for the old.

2. 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 RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Matched Categories

1. • Candy
   • Cookie
   • Touch

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Kiss' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3751

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Kiss' in Nouns Frequency: #1903

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Kiss' in Verbs Frequency: #509

Anagrams for Kiss »

1. skis

How to pronounce Kiss?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Kiss in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Kiss in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Kiss in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Kiss in a Sentence

1. Charles de LEUSSE:

   A kiss is the morning dew which stand up. (Un baiser, c'est la rosée - Du matin qui s'est levé)

2. John Greenleaf Whittier:

   In any man who dies there dies with him, his first snow and kiss and fight... Not people die but worlds die in them.

3. Editor Alex Polonsky:

   We gathered a few couples of Jews and Arabs to kiss in front of our cameras, some of them are real couples in real life, some of them met only at the photo shoot, i don’t know if the project will change something (politically) but I am sure it will give a bit of hope to the people watching it, no matter if they are Israelis or Palestinians, Jews or Muslims who live in this country.

4. Victor Hugo:

   A compliment is like a kiss through a veil.

5. Pat Boone:

   The Associated Press, Hollywood Reporter, Variety — they all ran with the headline, ‘Pat Boone refuses to kiss leading lady,’ and they assumed for religious reasons, and it wasn’t! I just wanted to stay married. And my wife gave me permission. I know it sounds naive now, but she said, ‘I can live with it if you kiss Shirley Jones, but just don’t try to enjoy it.'.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Kiss
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kiss
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Kiss
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kiss
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Kiss
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Kiss
9. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=Kiss
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html