- the act of kissing somebody/something
- Come here and give me a kiss!
- a kiss on the cheek
- We were greeted with hugs and kisses.
- As the train drew away he blew her a kiss (= kissed his hand and pretended to blow the kiss towards her).
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsb1- Brad and Sue exchanged a kiss.
- Don't I get a kiss?
- He gave his daughter a gentle kiss on the forehead.
- I wanted to take him in my arms and shower him with kisses.
- She returned his kiss with passion.
- The kiss only lasted for a few moments.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- quick
- swift
- …
- give somebody
- drop
- lay
- …
- deepen
- last
- with a kiss
- kiss on
- kiss to
- …
- hugs and kisses
Word OriginOld English cyssan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kussen and German küssen.
Idioms
See kiss in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarythe kiss of death
- (informal, especially humorous) an event that seems good, but is certain to make something else fail
- An award can be the kiss of death for a writer.
- That TV commercial was the kiss of death to his career as a serious actor.
the kiss of life
- (British English) a method of helping somebody who has stopped breathing to breathe again by placing your mouth on theirs and forcing air into their lungs
steal a kiss (from somebody)
- (literary) to kiss somebody suddenly or secretly
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