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kiss

  [kis]
Use kiss in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to touch or press with the lips slightly pursed, and then often to part them and to emit a smacking sound, in an expression of affection, love, greeting, reverence, etc.: He kissed his son on the cheek.
2. to join lips with in this way: She kissed him and left.
3. to touch gently or lightly: The breeze kissed her face.
4. to put, bring, take, etc., by, or as if by, kissing: She kissed the baby's tears away.
5. Billiards, Pool. (of a ball) to make slight contact with or brush (another ball).
–verb (used without object)
6. to join lips in respect, affection, love, passion, etc.: They kissed passionately.
7. to express a thought, feeling, etc., by a contact of the lips: They kissed good-bye at the station.
8. to purse and then part the lips, emitting a smacking sound, as in kissing someone.
9. Billiards, Pool. (of a ball) to carom gently off or touch another ball.
–noun
10. an act or instance of kissing.
11. a slight touch or contact.
12. Billiards, Pool. the slight touch of one ball by another.
13. a baked confection of egg whites and confectioners' sugar, served as a cookie.
14. a piece of toffeelike confectionery, sometimes containing nuts, coconut, or the like.
15. a small, sometimes conical, bite-size piece of chocolate, usually individually wrapped.
—Verb phrase
16. kiss off, Slang.
a. to reject, dismiss, or ignore: He kissed off their objections with a wave of his hand.
b. (used to express contemptuous rejection or dismissal).
c. to give up, renounce, or dispense with: Leaving Tulsa meant kissing off a promising job.
—Idioms
17. blow or throw a kiss, to indicate an intended kiss from a distance, usually in bidding farewell, by kissing one's own fingertips and moving the hand toward the person greeted.
18. kiss ass, Slang: Vulgar. to be obsequious; fawn.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME kissen to kiss, OE cyssan (c. G küssen, ON kyssa), deriv. of OE coss a kiss; c. ON koss, G Küss
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KISS

  [kis]
keep it simple, stupid.
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kiss   (kĭs)   
v.   kissed, kiss·ing, kiss·es

v.   tr.

  1. To touch or caress with the lips as an expression of affection, greeting, respect, or amorousness.

  2. To touch lightly or gently: flowers that were kissed by dew.

  3. To strike lightly; brush against: barely kissed the other car with the bumper.

v.   intr.

  1. To engage in mutual touching or caressing with the lips.

  2. To come into light contact.

n.  

  1. A caress or touch with the lips.

  2. A slight or gentle touch.

  3. A small piece of candy, especially of chocolate.

  4. A drop cookie made of egg whites and sugar.

  5. To dismiss or reject.

  6. To be forced to give up or regard as lost: He can kiss off that promotion.

  7. To leave or disappear from notice: got bad press by telling the reporters to kiss off.

Phrasal Verb(s):
kiss off Slang

  1. To dismiss or reject.

  2. To be forced to give up or regard as lost: He can kiss off that promotion.

  3. To leave or disappear from notice: got bad press by telling the reporters to kiss off.

kiss up Slang To behave obsequiously; fawn.

Idiom(s):
kiss ass Vulgar Slang To act submissively or obsequiously in order to gain favor.

Idiom(s):
kiss goodbyeInformal To be forced to regard as lost, ruined, or hopeless: She can kiss her vacation plans goodbye.

[Middle English kissen, from Old English cyssan.]
kiss'a·ble adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Computing Dictionary

KISS
Early system on IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Bible Dictionary

Kiss

of affection (Gen. 27:26, 27; 29:13; Luke 7:38, 45); reconciliation (Gen. 33:4; 2 Sam. 14:33); leave-taking (Gen. 31:28,55; Ruth 1:14; 2 Sam. 19:39); homage (Ps. 2:12; 1 Sam. 10:1); spoken of as between parents and children (Gen. 27:26; 31:28, 55; 48:10; 50:1; Ex. 18:7; Ruth 1:9, 14); between male relatives (Gen. 29:13; 33:4; 45:15). It accompanied social worship as a symbol of brotherly love (Rom. 16:16; 1 Cor. 16:20; 2 Cor. 13:12; 1 Thess. 5:26; 1 Pet. 5:14). The worship of idols was by kissing the image or the hand toward the image (1 Kings 19:18; Hos. 13:2).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
KISS
Keep it simple, stupid!
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Encyclopedia

kiss

a touch or caress of the lips upon the lips, cheek, hand, or feet of another to signify affection, greeting, reverence, or sexual attraction.

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