kiss

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: kiss

1	v n	touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc. the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
2	n	any of several bite-sized candies

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: kiss

“The newly married couple kissed”

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

“the blossoms were kissed by the soft rain”

Types:: smack, smooch
an enthusiastic kiss; French kiss, deep kiss, soul kiss
an openmouthed kiss in which your tongue is inserted into the other's mouth; smacker
a loud kiss

Type of:: touch, touching
the act of putting two things together with no space between them

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

Type of:: touch, touching
the act of putting two things together with no space between them

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; molasses kiss
a candy kiss that resembles toffee; meringue kiss
a kiss made of sugar and egg white and baked slowly; chocolate kiss
a kiss that consists of a conical bite-sized piece of chocolate; Scotch kiss
butterscotch candy kiss

Type of:: candy, confect
a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

Type of:: biscuit, cookie, cooky
any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)

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