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";
   - buss [N. Amer, informal], osculate [formal]
    
2. Touch lightly or gently
   "the blossoms were kissed by the soft rain"

1. The act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
   "She gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before leaving";
   - buss [N. Amer, informal], osculation [formal]
    
2. A light glancing touch
   "there was a brief kiss of their hands in passing"
    
3. [N. Amer] A cookie made of egg whites and sugar
   "The meringue kisses melted in your mouth"
    
4. [N. Amer] Any of several bite-sized candies
   "She unwrapped a candy kiss and popped it into her mouth";
   - candy kiss [N. Amer]

Derived forms: kisses, kissing, kissed

Type of: biccy [Brit, informal], bicky [Brit, informal], bikkie [Brit, informal], bikky [Brit, informal], biscuit [Brit], candy, confect, cookie [N. Amer], cooky [N. Amer, informal], lolly [Austral, NZ], sweet [Brit], sweetie [Brit, informal], touch, touching

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