kiss

English Online Dictionary. What means kiss‎? What does kiss mean?

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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”).

Verb

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.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.
3. (reciprocal) Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
4. (transitive, archaic) To treat with fondness.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:kiss

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

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

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.
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.

Synonyms

• (touch with the lips): See Thesaurus:buss

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• x
• xo
• xoxo
• xoxoxo
• xxx

Anagrams

• KSIs, Sisk, skis

Middle English

Verb

kiss

1. Alternative form of kissen

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪs/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

kiss n (uncountable)

1. pee, wee, tinkle, urine

   Synonyms: (vulgar) piss, urin

Declension

Derived terms

• kiss och bajs-humor (“toilet humor”)
• kissblöja
• kissbomb

Related terms

• kissa

Noun

kiss c

1. (slang, childish, now rare) the (male or female) genitalia

Declension

Derived terms

• kissemurra

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

Interjection

kiss

1. A sound made to attract a cat; "Here, kitty, kitty!"

Usage notes

• Usually repeated several times.
• Often pronounced more like "kss, kss."

Derived terms

• kisse (“kitty-cat”)

References

• kiss in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kiss in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kiss in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Fula Ordboken

Anagrams

• siks