kiss
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,281 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 14,348 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof) also: buss, osculation
- a cookie made of egg whites and sugar
- any of several bite-sized candies also: candy kiss
- a light glancing touch there was a brief kiss of their hands in passing
verb
- touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc. also: snog, buss, osculate The newly married couple kissedShe kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room
- touch lightly or gently the blossoms were kissed by the soft rain
kiss in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Kiss not my hand: Embrace me, Gaveston, as I do thee.
Edward the Second · Christopher Marlowe · Chapter 1
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Who said, “The foot of baby Might tempt an angel’s kiss”?
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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Then she wished to kiss the children; and Gilberte and Maxence had to be brought in.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Each stalk whilst forth she stalks, to kiss her feet Is proud with pomp, and prodigal of sweet.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1
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Like Dian's kiss, unasked, unsought, Love gives itself, but is not bought; Nor voice, nor sound betrays Its deep, impassioned gaze.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1