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buss

  [buhs]
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–noun, verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
kiss.
Origin:
1560–70; perh. b. obs. bass kiss and obs. cuss kiss (c. G Kuss; r. ME, OE coss (c. ON koss))
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buss   (bŭs)   
tr. & intr.v.   bussed, buss·ing, buss·es
To kiss.
n.  A kiss.

[Possibly blend of obsolete bass (akin to French baiser) and obsolete cuss (akin to Middle English kissen, to kiss; see kiss), or from Scottish Gaelic bus, lips, mouth; see puss2.]
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Buss

Buss\, n. [OE. basse, fr. L. basium; cf. G. bus (Luther), Prov. G. busserl, dim. of bus kiss, bussen to kiss, Sw. puss kiss, pussa to kiss, W. & Gael. bus lip, mouth.] A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack. --Shak.

Buss

Buss\ (b[u^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bussed (b[u^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. Bussing.] To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely. "Nor bussed the milking maid." --Tennyson.

Kissing and bussing differ both in this, We buss our wantons, but our wives we kiss. --Herrick.

Buss

Buss\, n. [Cf. OF. busse, Pr. bus, LL. bussa, busa, G. b["u]se, D. buis.] (Naut.) A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the herring fishery.

The Dutch whalers and herring busses. --Macaulay.
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Language Translation for : buss
Spanish: autobús,
German: der Bus,
Japanese: バス
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buss 
"a kiss," 1570, like Welsh and Gael. bus "kiss, lip," Fr. baiser "kiss" (from L. basiare), Sp. buz, Ger. dial. buss probably of imitative origin.
Kissing and bussing differ both in this,
We busse our wantons, but our wives we kisse.
[Robert Herrick, "Hesperides," 1648]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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