1. Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
   "The couple engaged in gentle kissing while watching a movie";
   - caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, necking, petting, snuggling, first base [US, informal]

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"

Derived forms: kissings

Type of: arousal, foreplay, stimulation, touch

Encyclopedia: Kissing, Germany