Kiss

kiss
    n 1: the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
         [syn: {kiss}, {buss}, {osculation}]
    2: a cookie made of egg whites and sugar
    3: any of several bite-sized candies [syn: {kiss}, {candy kiss}]
    4: a light glancing touch; "there was a brief kiss of their
       hands in passing"
    v 1: touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's
         mouth or other body part) as an expression of love,
         greeting, etc.; "The newly married couple kissed"; "She
         kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the
         room" [syn: {snog}, {kiss}, {buss}, {osculate}]
    2: touch lightly or gently; "the blossoms were kissed by the
       soft rain"
    

Kiss \Kiss\, n. [OE. kiss, derived under the influence of the
   verb from the older form coss, AS. coss. See {Kiss}, v.]
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   1. A salutation with the lips, as a token of affection,
      respect, etc.; as, a parting kiss; a kiss of
      reconciliation.
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            Last with a kiss, she took a long farewell.
                                                  --Dryden.
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            Dear as remembered kisses after death. --Tennyson.
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   2. A small piece of confectionery.
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Kiss \Kiss\ (k[i^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kissed} (k[i^]st);p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Kissing}.] [OE. kissen, cussen, AS. cyssan, fr.
   coss a kiss; of uncertain origin; akin to D. kus, G. kuss,
   Icel. koss.]
   1. To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection,
      reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc.
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            He . . . kissed her lips with such a clamorous
            smack,
            That at the parting all the church echoed. --Shak.
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   2. To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly.
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            When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees.
                                                  --Shak.
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Kiss \Kiss\, v. i.
   1. To make or give salutation with the lips in token of love,
      respect, etc.; as, kiss and make friends.
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   2. To meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly.
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            Like fire and powder,
            Which as they kiss consume.           --Shak.
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            Rose, rose and clematis,
            Trail and twine and clasp and kiss.   --Tennyson.
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   {Kissing comfit}, a perfumed sugarplum to sweeten the breath.
      [Obs or Prov. End.] --Shak.
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KISS, n.  A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss."  It is
supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of rite or ceremony
appertaining to a good understanding; but the manner of its
performance is unknown to this lexicographer.
    

KISS

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

KISS
       Keep It Simple, Stupid (slang, Usenet, IRC)
       
    

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).
    

100 Moby Thesaurus words for "kiss":
      abandon, accost, address, attouchement, bid good day,
      bid good morning, blow a kiss, bob, bow, bow to, breath, brush,
      brush by, buss, caress, come in contact, contact, contingence,
      curtsy, cutaneous sense, desert, dismiss, disregard, embrace,
      exchange greetings, feel, feeling, fingertip caress, flick,
      forsake, give up, glance, graze, greet, greeting, hail, hand-clasp,
      hand-mindedness, handshake, hello, hit, how-do-you-do, hug, ignore,
      impinge, impingement, impingence, kiss hands, lambency, lap, lick,
      lift the hat, light touch, lip, neck, nod, nod to, nudge, osculate,
      osculation, peck, pull the forelock, relinquish, renounce,
      repudiate, rub, salutation, salute, say hello, scrape,
      sense of touch, shake, shake hands, shave, sideswipe, skim, skirt,
      smack, smacker, smile, smile of recognition, smooch, spoon,
      squeak by, stroke, sweep, tactile sense, taction, tangency, tap,
      tentative contact, tentative poke, touch, touch lightly,
      touch the hat, touch upon, touching, uncover, wave, whisper