kiss

1. 1.

   the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)

   Synonymsbussosculation

   Broadertouch

   Narrowersmacksoul kiss
2. 2.

   a cookie made of egg whites and sugar

   Broadercookie
3. 3.

   any of several bite-sized candies

   Synonymscandy kiss

   Broadercandy

   Narrowermolasses kissmeringue kisschocolate kissScotch kiss
4. 4.

   a light glancing touch

   “there was a brief kiss of their hands in passing”

   Broadertouch

1. 1.

   touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.

   “The newly married couple kissed”

   “She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room”

   Synonymssnogbussosculate

   Broadertouch

   Narrowersmack
2. 2.

   touch lightly or gently

   “the blossoms were kissed by the soft rain”

   Broadertouch

Other forms of kiss

plural

kisses·

past tense

kissed·

present participle

kissing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about kiss

What does kiss mean?

kiss means "the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in kiss?

kiss has 1 syllable: kiss. In IPA it is /ˈkɪs/.

What is another word for kiss?

Close synonyms include buss, osculation, candy kiss, snog, buss. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kiss a common word?

kiss is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.