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Definition of kiss verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

kiss

verb
 
 
/kɪs/
 
/kɪs/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they kiss
 
/kɪs/
 
/kɪs/
he / she / it kisses
 
/ˈkɪsɪz/
 
/ˈkɪsɪz/
past simple kissed
 
/kɪst/
 
/kɪst/
past participle kissed
 
/kɪst/
 
/kɪst/
-ing form kissing
 
/ˈkɪsɪŋ/
 
/ˈkɪsɪŋ/
Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1.  
     [intransitive, transitive] to touch somebody with your lips as a sign of love or sexual desire or when saying hello or goodbye
    • They stood in a doorway kissing (= kissing each other).
    • Do people in Britain kiss when they meet?
    • kiss somebody/something Go and kiss your mother goodnight.
    • He bent forward to kiss her cheek.
    • She kissed him on both cheeks.
    • He lifted the trophy up and kissed it.
    see also air-kiss
    Extra Examples
    • He bent to kiss her again.
    • He kissed her long and hard on the mouth.
    • She let him kiss her lightly on the cheek.
    Topics Family and relationshipsb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • gently
    • lightly
    • lovingly
    • …
    verb + kiss
    • bend to
    • lean over to
    • stoop to
    • …
    preposition
    • on
    phrases
    • kiss and cuddle
    • kiss somebody full on the lips
    • kiss somebody full on the mouth
    • …
    See full entry
  2. [transitive] kiss something (literary) to gently move or touch something
    • The sunlight kissed the warm stones.
    3. Word OriginOld English cyssan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kussen and German küssen.
Idioms
kiss and tell
  1. a way of referring to somebody talking publicly, usually for money, about a past sexual relationship with somebody famous
kiss somebody’s arse (British English)
(North American English kiss somebody’s ass, kiss ass)
  1. (offensive, slang) to be very nice to somebody in order to persuade them to help you or to give you something A more polite way to express this is lick somebody’s boots.
kiss something better
  1. (informal) to take away the pain of an injury by kissing it
    • Come here and let me kiss it better.
kiss something goodbye | kiss goodbye to something
  1. (informal) to accept that you will lose something or be unable to do something
    • Well, you can kiss goodbye to your chances of promotion.
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