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Eskimo-kiss

Eskimo-kiss verb: to rub one’s nose against something or another’s nose.

Verb

Eskimo-kiss (third-person singular simple present Eskimo-kisses, present participle Eskimo-kissing, simple past and past participle Eskimo-kissed)

  1. To rub one’s nose against something or another’s nose.
    • How could you reason with a man who was Eskimo-kissing a six-month-old?1999, Liz Ireland, Baby for Hire, Harlequin, →ISBN
    • The sight of this tough-looking kid cooing and Eskimo-kissing a puppy made Dell smile.2001, Janet McDonald, Spellbound, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN

Examples of Eskimo-kiss in a sentence

  • Had he just been Eskimo-kissing a woman?2005, Crystal Green, A Tycoon in Texas, Harlequin, →ISBN:
  • It’s not like she was rolling around, Eskimo-kissing puppies all day; […]2018, Daniel Browne, In the Weeds, Garrett County Press, →ISBN:
  • We’d lick raindrops off the hood / Eskimo-kissing the handles / As Mary buckled us in2018, Brinda Rao-Pothuraju, Vanity Pains, Notion Press, →ISBN:

Forms of Eskimo-kiss

third-person singular presentEskimo-kisses
present participleEskimo-kissing
past participleEskimo-kissed
pastEskimo-kissed

Origin of Eskimo-kiss

Denominal verb of Eskimo kiss.

Questions about Eskimo-kiss

What does Eskimo-kiss mean?
Eskimo-kiss means to rub one’s nose against something or another’s nose.
How do you use Eskimo-kiss in a sentence?
Had he just been Eskimo-kissing a woman?
What part of speech is Eskimo-kiss?
Eskimo-kiss is a verb.
What is the past tense of Eskimo-kiss?
The past tense of Eskimo-kiss is Eskimo-kissed.

Words near Eskimo-kiss in the dictionary

  1. Eskimo potatoes
  2. Eskimo roll
  3. Eskimo rolls
  4. Eskimo sisters
  5. Eskimo-Aleut
  6. Eskimo-kiss
  7. Eskimo-kissed
  8. Eskimo-kisses
  9. Eskimo-kissing
  10. Eskimoan
  11. Eskimoans

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