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kiss arse

kiss arse is the alternative form of kiss ass.

Meaning of kiss ass

Verb

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

  1. (US, colloquial, idiomatic, sometimes, vulgar) to flatter or perform favors excessively, especially to receive preferential treatment from a boss or other superior; to behave obsequiously.

Forms of kiss arse

third-person singular presentkisses arse
present participlekissing arse
past participlekissed arse
pastkissed arse
alternative formkiss ass

Questions about kiss arse

What is kiss arse the alternative form of?
Kiss arse is the alternative form of kiss ass.

Words near kiss arse in the dictionary

  1. kiss and cry
  2. kiss and fly
  3. kiss and make up
  4. kiss and ride
  5. kiss and tell
  6. kiss arse
  7. kiss ass
  8. kiss cam
  9. kiss cams
  10. kiss chase
  11. kiss chasey

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kiss arse (page history and authors); kiss ass (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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