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kissed hands

kissed hands is the simple past and past participle of kiss hands.

Meaning of kiss hands

Verb

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

  1. (UK) To formally accept an appointment as prime minister or certain other ministerial positions in a royal ceremony.
    • Bishop Wilberforce had accompanied Mr. Gladstone to Windsor, when he went to kiss hands on his appointment as Prime Minister.1896, Reginald Baliol Brett Esher (Viscount), The Yoke of Empire: Sketches of the Queen's Prime Ministers, page 175
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kiss, hands.

Questions about kissed hands

What is kissed hands the simple past and past participle of?
Kissed hands is the simple past and past participle of kiss hands.

Words near kissed hands in the dictionary

  1. kissed and made up
  2. kissed and told
  3. kissed arse
  4. kissed ass
  5. kissed goodbye
  6. kissed hands
  7. kissed off
  8. kissed on the dick by a fairy
  9. kissed one's teeth
  10. kissed out
  11. kissed someone on the dick

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