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kysse

kysse is the obsolete spelling of kiss.

Meaning of kiss

Noun

kiss (plural kisses)

  1. A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
    • “It was the most absurd kiss. I don't believe he'd ever kissed a woman in his life before. I threw my head back, and it was a sort of slidy, pecking dab, just on the end of the chin — here.” Mrs. Hauksbee tapped her masculine little chin with her fan.1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 42
    Synonyms:
    buss
  2. An 'X' mark placed at the end of a letter or other type of message, signifying the bestowal of a kiss from the sender to the receiver.
    • With some satisfaction, Gergory read this through twice, signed it and added kisses[.]1966, Brian W. Aldiss, The Saliva Tree, published 1968, page 67
  3. A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses.
  4. The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth; conjunction.
  5. A low-speed mid-air collision between the envelopes of two hot air balloons, generally causing no damage or injury.

See all 10 meanings of kiss

Forms of kysse

pluralkysses

Questions about kysse

What is kysse the obsolete spelling of?
Kysse is the obsolete spelling of kiss.

Words near kysse in the dictionary

  1. kyschtymite
  2. Kyser
  3. Kysers
  4. Kyslivka
  5. Kyson
  6. kysse
  7. kysses
  8. KYSU
  9. Kytaihorod
  10. Kytay
  11. kyte

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