kiss

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English[edit]

a kiss

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: kĭs, IPA(key): /kɪs/, [kʰɪs]
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪs

Etymology 1[edit]

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”).

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kiss (third-person singular simple present kisses, present participle kissing, simple past and past participle kissed)

  1. (transitive) To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.
    • 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]:
      He […] kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack, / That at the parting all the church echoed.
    • 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]:
      I'll kiss thy foot. I'll swear myself thy subject.
    • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
      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.
    • 2008 April 28, Katy Perry, Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Cathy Dennis, “I Kissed a Girl”, in One of the Boys‎[1], performed by Katy Perry:
      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
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.
    The nearside of the car just kissed a parked truck as he took the corner at high speed. 
    His ball kissed the black into the corner pocket.
  3. (reciprocal) Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
    • 1990, Norell Oson Bard (lyrics and music), “Kissing in the Moonlight”‎[2]performed by The Boppers:
      We're kissing in the moonlight / Love was shining so bright and true
  4. (transitive, archaic) To treat with fondness.
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Etymology 2[edit]

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.

Noun[edit]

kiss (plural kisses)

  1. A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
  2. 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.
    • 1966, Brian W. Aldiss, The Saliva Tree, published 1968, page 67:
      With some satisfaction, Gergory read this through twice, signed it and added kisses[.]
  3. A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses.
  4. (astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth; conjunction.
  5. (aviation) A low-speed mid-air collision between the envelopes of two hot air balloons, generally causing no damage or injury.
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Middle English[edit]

Verb[edit]

kiss

  1. Alternative form of kissen

Swedish[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

Partly imitative, partly a euphemism for piss (see pissa (“to pee”)).

Noun[edit]

kiss n (uncountable)

  1. pee, wee, tinkle, urine
    Synonyms: (vulgar) piss, urin
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Declension of kiss 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative kiss kisset — —
Genitive kiss kissets — —
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kiss c

  1. (slang, childish, now rare) the (male or female) genitalia
    kissen
    the genitals
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Declension of kiss 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kiss kissen kissar kissarna
Genitive kiss kissens kissars kissarnas
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Onomatopoeic

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kiss

  1. A sound made to attract a cat; "Here, kitty, kitty!"
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  • Usually repeated several times.
  • Often pronounced more like "kss, kss."
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