Kiss Kissing Kɪs Kissed Bent Cheek Verb Stood

• they stood in a doorway kissing (= kissing each other).
• do people in britain kiss when they meet?
• go and kiss your mother goodnight.
• he bent forward to kiss her cheek.

kiss

Verb Forms

1. to touch somebody with your lips as a sign of love or sexual desire or when saying hello or goodbye
• SEE ALSO air-kiss
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• They stood in a doorway kissing (= kissing each other).
• Do people in Britain kiss when they meet?
• 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.

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.
2. to gently move or touch something
• The sunlight kissed the warm stones.
3. a way of referring to somebody talking publicly, usually for money, about a past sexual relationship with somebody famous
4. to be very nice to somebody in order to persuade them to help you or to give you something
5. to take away the pain of an injury by kissing it
• Come here and let me kiss it better.
6. to accept that you will lose something or be unable to do something
• Well, you can kiss goodbye to your chances of promotion.

Word Origin

• Old English cyssan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kussen and German küssen.